Hendersonville

History

In 1784 Daniel Smith received a land grant from the state of North Carolina in payment for surveying Middle Tennessee. (North Carolina at the time claimed its boundaries extended to this territory across the Appalachian Mountains.) He began work on his house later known as Rock Castle, but it was not completed until 1796. Due to his surveying trips, he frequently was gone on long journeys, and his wife supervised much of the construction. In 1790, William Henderson settled in Sumner County and later became the namesake of the town. It was a trading center for the county, which was devoted to the production of tobacco and hemp as commodity crops, and blood livestock: both horses and cattle. During the Civil War, Monthaven was used by Union troops as a field hospital, as they occupied Middle Tennessee from 1862 to 1870. In the late 20th century, this historic home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Even before the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1863, refugee slaves with their families found their way to Union lines in the state in search of freedom. The Army established a contraband camp near Hendersonville, to offer shelter to the freedmen, help them with supplies and food, and sign them up to work for wages for the Army, often building defenses. Missionary societies helped teach both adults and children among the slaves. The small city was not incorporated until 1969, as the area continued to be rural and devoted to agriculture and related activities. It then had roughly 250 residents and was led by L.H. "Dink" Newman. Since the late 20th and early 21st centuries, it has grown to become the largest city in the county. With the completion of the Old Hickory Dam and an associated lake in 1954, Hendersonville started to develop more rapidly.…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and (16.93%) is water, mostly parts of the Cumberland River. Hendersonville is served by the freeway Tennessee State Route 386 and its parallel surface road U.S. Route 31E. Hendersonville's climate classifications are Köppen "Cfa" and Trewartha "DOak" due to very hot summers (three to four months average over ), mild winters (all months average over ), and mediocre (4–7 months) growing seasons (in this case seven months average over ).

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  14,795
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  11,767
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  11,381
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,227
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  10,969
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  10,815
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  9,513
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  9,208

Largest nearby schools

• Gallatin Senior High School
  High · Gallatin · 1,659 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Hendersonville High School
  High · Hendersonville · 1,537 students · 16.5:1 ratio
• Beech Sr High School
  High · Hendersonville · 1,475 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• Station Camp High School
  High · Gallatin · 1,110 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Station Camp Elementary
  Elementary · Gallatin · 872 students · 17.4:1 ratio
• Station Camp Middle School
  Middle · Gallatin · 861 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Jack Anderson Elementary
  Elementary · Hendersonville · 830 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• White House Middle School
  Middle · White House · 758 students · 15.5:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.77 — 2019-01-16
  5 km SSE of Wartrace, Tennessee