Yesterday's Henderson County

Henderson County, Tennessee History Page

Government and Politics

• Early Henderson County Justices of the Peace, Jonathan K. T. Smith
• Election Results, August 2, 1906
• Henderson County Civil Districts, Jonathan K. T. Smith [contains 1830-1990 census data]
• Henderson County, Tennessee -- Post Offices, Linda Altom Smith*
• Henderson County Post Offices and Post Masters, Jonathan K. T. Smith
• Henderson County Roads - 1930, Lexington Progress
• Historical and Genealogical Research Maps, James H. Hanna
• History of the Chesterfield Mail Service 1888-1975, B. B. Evans
• Interesting Historical Data About the Scotts Hill Postal Service, Gordon H. Turner, Sr.
• Joseph C. Fincher and Ella Fincher, Two Postmasters of Luray, Randy Winbush (with photos)
• The Legend and Legacy of Henry C. Graper, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Legislative Act Creating Henderson County
• Lexington Post Office (1938-1996) (with photographs)
• The Making of the County, Auburn Powers
• Nineteenth Century Survey Sections and Civil Districts, James H. Hanna
• Sheriffs, Robbie Wallace (with photograph)
• State Legislators from Henderson County, Denise Joyner
• Tennessee Postmasters, Henderson County, compiled by L. M. McDaniel
• Two Views of the Courthouse Circa 1900-1910 (photos)
• U.S. Postal Service at Scotts Hill 1850-1976, Gordon H. Turner, Sr.
• WPA Historical Records Survey - 1938, Brenda Kirk Fiddler

This page is to help make Henderson County history more accessible by sharing over the Internet some of the materials which are available.  Do you have a history of your church, school, community, or business?  How about your grandfather's farm journal or a story told by your grandmother about a memorable event?

Please contact me to share it with others.