Henry County, Alabama

Henry County is a county of the state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Patrick Henry, famous orator and Governor of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,302. Its county seat is Abbeville, Alabama.

Henry County is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Henry County was established on December 13, 1819 by the Alabama Territorial Legislator. The area was ceded by the Creek Indian Nation in 1814 umber the Treaty of Ft. Jackson. Henry County was formed before the state of Alabama was organized. The area that includes Henry County had historically been part of the Lower Creek Confederacy. Abbeville was designated as the county seat in 1833.

Upon formation, Henry County was the largest county within Alabama, composing all or some portions of the present counties of Barbour County, Alabama, Coffee County, Alabama, Covington County, Alabama, Crenshaw County, Alabama, Dale County, Alabama, Geneva County, Alabama, Houston County, Alabama, and Pike County, Alabama. When the youngest county of Houston was formed in 1903, Henry became the smallest.

After 1814, the colonial settlers' developed Franklin as the first white settlement in the Creek territory. The former river port served Abbeville on the Chattahoochee River. Much of the original Henry County was part of the original Alabama Wiregrass Region.

Geography
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total land area of 568.33 square miles, of which 561.80 square miles (98.85%) is land and 6.53 square miles (1.15%) is water.

Cities and Towns

 * -Abbeville, Alabama
 * -Dothan, Alabama (small portion is in Henry County)
 * -Haleburg, Alabama
 * -Headland, Alabama
 * -Newville, Alabama

Unincorporated Communities

 * -Balkum, Alabama
 * -Barnes, Alabama
 * -Blackwood, Alabama
 * -Browns Crossroads, Alabama
 * -Capps, Alabama
 * -Coates, Alabama
 * -Danzey, Alabama
 * -Double Springs, Alabama
 * -Edwin, Alabama
 * -Graball, Alabama
 * -Grandberry Crossroads, Alabama
 * -Hardwicksburg, Alabama
 * -Hays, Alabama
 * -Kirklands Crossroads, Alabama
 * -Lawrenceville, Alabama
 * -Miller, Alabama
 * -Murphy Station, Alabama
 * -Otho, Alabama
 * -Screamer, Alabama
 * -Shorterville, Alabama
 * -Scottsboro Crossroads, Alabama
 * -Tumbleton, Alabama
 * -Union, Alabama
 * -White Oak, Alabama
 * -Wills Crossroads, Alabama