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:
“Unfortunately, it is much easier to shut one’s eyes to good than to evil. Pain and sorrow knock at our doors more loudly than pleasure and happiness; and the prints of their heavy footsteps are less easily effaced.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“In the county there are thirty-seven churches
and no butcher shop. This could be taken
as a matter of all form and no content.”
—Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)