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City · York County · Population 1,080 (2020 census) · ZIP 68371 · Founded 1887

About Henderson

Henderson is a city of 1,080 people (2020), the most it has had, in western York County, at 1,719 feet about 1½ miles south of I-80 Exit 342 and 13 miles west-southwest of York. It has Henderson Health Care Services, a 13-bed critical access hospital with clinics and the Legacy Square long-term care home, Heartland Community Schools, a pool, the 9-hole Galaway Creek golf course, Lakeview Park with a stocked lake and disc golf, and Prairie Oasis Campground. Henderson is on Central Time.

History

Thirty-five Mennonite families from South Russia, whose forebears had moved from Holland to the Crimea around 1790, settled here in York and Hamilton counties in 1874 on land bought from the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, which built an immigrant house to shelter them; by 1878 there were about 80 families. They brought Turkey Red hard winter wheat, which corn replaced after deep-well irrigation spread in the 1930s. The town was platted in 1887 when the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley (Chicago & North Western) built from York toward Hastings, and named for David Henderson, an early homesteader. Henderson incorporated on October 4, 1899. The railroad took up its tracks in 1941. Most residents still descend from the 1874 families.

Highways and trails through Henderson

Route	One way	Other way
I-80Exit 342, north of town	West to Aurora and Grand Island	East to York

Nearby towns

Lushton	about 6 mi southeast	County roads
Charlestown	about 7 mi east-northeast	County roads
Bradshaw	about 8 mi north-northeast	County roads
Hampton	about 8 mi north-northwest	I-80
Mccool Junction	about 11 mi east-southeast	County roads
Aurora	about 12 mi west-northwest	I-80
Sutton	about 12 mi south-southwest	County roads
York	about 13 mi east-northeast	I-80
Fairmont	about 16 mi southeast	County roads

Things to see

the Henderson Mennonite Heritage Park, 720 Road B (Memorial Day–Labor Day, Tue–Sat 1–4) · Heritage Day on the second Saturday of September · the Henderson Mennonite Centennial and Henderson Centennial markers · Galaway Creek Golf Course (9 holes) · Prairie Oasis Campground & Cabins

Events in Henderson

Henderson Heritage Day
Mennonite heritage festival at Henderson Heritage Park on the second Saturday of September.

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Schools and health care

Schools: Heartland Community Schools, 1501 Front St., (402) 723-4434: elementary and junior-senior high

Health care: Henderson Health Care Services, 1621 Front St.: 13-bed critical access hospital, clinics, Legacy Square long-term care

Sources: U.S. Census; Wikipedia; Andreas, History of the State of Nebraska (1882); Sedgwick, York County, Nebraska and Its People (1921); Nebraska State Gazetteer (1890–91); History Nebraska markers; National Register; National Weather Service (Hastings); Nebraska Game and Parks; Upper Big Blue NRD; York University; York General; Henderson Health Care Services; City of York; City of Henderson; Village of McCool Junction; Henderson Heritage Park; Visit Nebraska. Distances marked "about" are straight-line estimates.