Henderson County

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Texas, United States
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Henderson County Court Cases

Find Henderson County court case information. Lookup your case detail via the Henderson County case website. Henderson County Texas was established in 1846. The county was once part of Houston County and Nacogdoches County. The county was named after James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas (1846-1847), Henderson County covers an area of 874 square miles and has a reported population of 78532. The county seat and court are located in the city of Athens, Texas.

Crime & Case Details for Henderson County


For 2016, the following crime related statistics were reported in the county:

  • DWI & Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths: 20
  • Violent Crime Cases: 267
  • Murder / Homicide Rate (per 100k residents): 3.3


For the felony cases tried in the county last year (2016), here’s how the defendants were sentenced:

  • Prison: 134
  • Texas State Jail: 96
  • County Jail: 62
  • Probation Time: 311
  • Fines Only: 1

Henderson County Court Case Volume

As of August 2016, the county had the following active-pending caseload volume:

  • Civil Cases: 1405
  • Family Relations Cases: 1015
  • Juvenile Cases: 10
  • Criminal Cases: 993