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Henderson County

Henderson County proper noun: one of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Oquawka. Named after the county in Kentucky.

Proper noun

Henderson County

  1. One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Oquawka. Named after the county in Kentucky.
  2. One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Henderson. Named after Richard Henderson.
  3. One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Hendersonville. Named after Leonard Henderson.
  4. One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Lexington. Named after James Henderson.
  5. One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Athens. Named after James Pinckney Henderson.

Questions about Henderson County

What does Henderson County mean?
Henderson County means one of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Oquawka. Named after the county in Kentucky.
What part of speech is Henderson County?
Henderson County is a proper noun.

Words near Henderson County in the dictionary

  1. Hendershot
  2. Hendershots
  3. Hendershott
  4. Hendershotts
  5. Henderson
  6. Henderson County
  7. Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
  8. Henderson-Hasselbalch equations
  9. Hendersonian
  10. hendersonite
  11. Hendersons

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