Some of the cities, towns, and places in Henderson County are Aley, Antioch, Athens, Baxter, Berryville, Bethel, Big Rock, Brownsboro, Buffalo, Caney City, Centreville, Chandler, Coffee City, Corinth, Crescent Heights, Cross Roads, Dauphin, Enchanted Oaks, Eustace, Evelyn, Fincastle, Gun Barrel City, Harmony, Kaufman County, LaRue, Leagueville, Log Cabin, Mabank, Malakoff, Mankin, Moore Station, Murchison, New Hope, Opelika, Pauline, Payne Springs, Pickens, Pine Grove, Poynor, Ruth Springs, Seven Points, Shady Oaks, Star Harbor, Stockard, Summer Hill, Sunrise Shores, Tool, Trinidad, Union Hill, Virginia Hill
Henderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 82,150. The county seat is Athens. The county is named in honor of James Pinckney Henderson, the first attorney general of the Republic of Texas, and secretary of state for the republic. He later served as the first governor of Texas. Henderson County was established in 1846, the year after Texas gained statehood. Its first town was Buffalo, laid out in 1847. Henderson County comprises the Athens micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth combined statistical area.