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HENDERSON,
TEXASRusk County
Seat, East Texas
US 259, Hwys 64, 79 and 43
138 miles E of Dallas
35 miles SE of Tyler
Population
12,000 |
More Henderson
Attractions The
Rusk County Courthous
(The fourth Rusk County Courthouse was built in 1928 and sits at the corner of
North Main Street and Fordall Street.) Rusk
County Memorial Library and MuseumGaston
Museum: 6558 Texas 64 west
Depot
Museum and Children's Discovery Center
East
Texas Discovery Well
Howard-Dickinson
House: 501 Main Street Open 1 to 5. This house was the first brick house in
Rusk County. After it was built in 1855, Sam Houston was a frequent guest of the
owner.
Lakeforest
Park
Henderson
Tourist InformationHenderson
Area Chamber of Commerce
201 North Main Street, Henderson, Tx 75652
phone:
903-657-5528
Website: http://www.hendersontx.com/
Henderson
Hotels >
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Zig-zag
detail on Rusk County Jail doorway. TE photo, 2003
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Jails |
Henderson,
Texas History
Henderson...
was named for James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas, when the
town was laid out in 1843. A post office was established there in 1846. The town
grew rapidly during its first two decades, but a fire in 1860 destroyed most of
the commercial buildings. The Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad was completed
in 1877 and connected the agricultural center of Henderson with the Illinois and
Great Northern at Overton. At that time the population was 1,500. In addition
to being a shipping center for agricultural products, in the nineteenth century
Henderson was also a center for education, with a number of private schools. ..."
See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/HH/heh1.html
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Oil
refinery, Henderson, Texas
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ ~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
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great East Texas oilfield, discovered in Rusk County near Henderson in 1930, caused
the population to increase from 3,000 in 1930 to 10,000 in 1933. The boom ended
in the early 1940s and the population dropped to 6,437, but a legacy of twenty-eight
manufacturing and service industries remained to sustain the town's economy."
- Handbook of Texas Online |
The
old Masonic Lodge building at 101 N. Main St.
TE photo, 2003
See
Texas Lodges |
Henderson
street scene
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ ~txgenweb// postcards/Index.html |
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