Henry County

Henry County is the name of ten counties in the United States of America:

  • Henry County, Alabama
  • Henry County, Georgia
  • Henry County, Illinois
  • Henry County, Indiana
  • Henry County, Iowa
  • Henry County, Kentucky
  • Henry County, Missouri
  • Henry County, Ohio
  • Henry County, Tennessee
  • Henry County, Virginia

All are named in honor of Patrick Henry, of Virginia, except Henry County, Iowa, which is named for General Henry Dodge.

Famous quotes containing the words henry and/or county:

    We live in a world which is full of misery and ignorance, and the plain duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it.
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

    In the County Tyrone, in the town of Dungannon,
    —Unknown. The Old Orange Flute (l. 1)