Henry County, Alabama

Henry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 17,302. Its county seat is Abbeville. Its name is in honor of Patrick Henry (1736–1799), famous orator and Governor of Virginia.Henry County is part of the Dothan, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.HistoryBetween 1763 and 1783, the area that is now Henry County, Alabama was under the jurisdiction of the colony of British West Florida. Henry County was established on December 13, 1819 by the Alabama Territorial Legislature. The area was ceded by the Creek Indian Nation in 1814 under the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Henry County was formed before the Alabama was organized. The area that includes Henry County had historically been part of the Lower Creek Confederacy. It was occupied for thousands of years before that by varying cultures of indigenous peoples. Abbeville was designated as the county seat in 1833.