Henrietta, Texas Henrietta, Texas Clay County Courthouse Location of Henrietta, Texas Location of Henrietta, Texas Clay County Henrietta.svg Henrietta is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hanging exhibit at the Clay County 1890 Jail Museum in Henrietta, though no executions were conducted at the old jail.
Graham Street in Henrietta was originally established in 1876.
Henrietta is one of the earliest settled suburbs in north central Texas.
Highway 82, State Highway 148, and Farm to Market Road 1197 in north central Clay County.
Clay and Montague counties were separated in 1857 from Cooke County to the east, and Henrietta was titled as the county seat.
Regardless of the origin of its name, Henrietta became the center of gravity for the fledgling county.
By late 1862, Henrietta was abandoned, and white pioneer returned east to Cooke and Montague counties.
In 1874, the postal service reopened, and Henrietta quickly became the economic core of north-central Texas.
In 1882, the Fort Worth and Denver Railway reached Henrietta on its southern side, and in 1887, Henrietta became the westernmost end for the Gainesville, Henrietta, and Western Railway.
Kemp and Frank Kell, linked Henrietta with Wichita Falls; sold in 1911, this 18-mile (29 km) segment was directed after that by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, known as the Katy.
After heavy lobbying by businessmen, Henrietta became a logistical supply point for various operations in north-central Texas, including quarrying in Foard and Archer counties.
The Southwestern Railway Company in 1910 instead of a rail linking Henrietta with Archer City.
Post Office is positioned in the southeast corner of Courthouse Square in Henrietta.
The expansion of Henrietta waned in the 20th century as Wichita Falls interval quickly into the most prosperous economic center in the area.
The Southwestern Railway line was abandoned in 1920, and the Gainesville, Henrietta, and Western Railway line closed in 1969.
In many ways, Henrietta is a "bedroom community" for Wichita Falls but is still the biggest city in Clay County.
The play Texas presented amid summers at the Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo is loosely based on the history of Henrietta.
The 1995 film, The Stars Fell on Henrietta, produced by Clint Eastwood and David Valdez, and starring Robert Duvall, Brian Dennehy and Billy Bob Thornton, depicts the Texas petroleum rush of the 1930s and is set in Henrietta. Henrietta is positioned near the center of Clay County at 33 49 N 98 12 W (33.8160, -98.1938). It is 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Wichita Falls, 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Bowie, and 95 miles (153 km) northwest of Fort Worth.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Henrietta has a total region of 5.2 square miles (13.4 km2), of which 5.1 square miles (13.1 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2), or 1.98%, is water. The town/city is served by the Henrietta Independent School District.
South of town between Henrietta and Jacksboro, students attend Midway Independent School District (Clay County, Texas).
Texas 148.svg State Highway 148 South to Jacksboro; North to Petrolia According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Henrietta has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Ikard, congressman from Texas' 13th congressional precinct from 1951 to 1961, born in Henrietta in 1913 "2010 Census: Population of Texas Cities Arranged in Alphabetical Order".
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Henrietta city, Texas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Henrietta, Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henrietta, Texas.
City of Henrietta official website The Clay County Leader, small-town journal See historic photos of Henrietta from the Clay County Historical Society, hosted by the Portal to Texas History Municipalities and communities of Clay County, Texas, United States County seats of Texas
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Clay County, Texas - County seats in Texas - Wichita Falls urbane region - 1857 establishments in Texas - Populated places established in 1857
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