Henry County was formed in the year 1825 and named after Patrick Henry. The total area of the county is 825.64 sq mi. More than 50K people with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 20K households and 14K family units reside in this region. Cambridge is the county seat and Kewanee is the largest city.

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