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Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,769.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47077.html )〕 Its county seat is Lexington.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was founded in 1821 and named for James Henderson, a soldier in the War of 1812.〔W.C. Crooks, "(Henderson County )," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Retrieved: 17 October 2013.〕 ==History== Henderson County was established in 1821; it was named for Colonel James Henderson, Jr. (1775-1814), of the Tennessee State Militia, who was killed in late December 1814 below New Orleans during a clash with the British Army. Henderson is said to have served in earlier conflicts such as the Creek Indian war, which took place during the same overall time period as the War of 1812. After the Battle of New Orleans, Major General William Carroll's Tennessee brigade, which was the largest single force under General Andrew Jackson's command in Louisiana, established their outgoing camp upriver from New Orleans and named it ''Camp Henderson''. General Carroll's first term as Governor of Tennessee began the same year that Henderson County was established. Perhaps it was he who proposed naming the new county after his fallen officer James Henderson. The county seat, Lexington, was laid out in 1822.〔 Like many Tennessee counties, Henderson was divided during the Civil War. Confederate sentiment was strongest in the western half of the county (where most of the county's plantations were located), while Union support was strongest in the hilly eastern half.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henderson County, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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