Henderson County, North Carolina:
History

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Churches and Other Religious Institutions

• Calvary Church Episcopal  Built 1859. Grave of "Bill" Nye. Memorials to many famous southerners     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• French Broad Baptist Church  Organized before 1792. Present building is here. First building stood 1 mile south     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Henderson County Churches      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
• Shaws Creek Church and Camp Grounds  Methodist. Congregation was organized at a camp meeting ca. 1810, on land donated by James Johnson. Church, 1905, is .3 mi. N     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• St. John in the Wilderness  Episcopal Church, built 1833-34 as a private chapel. Given to Diocese of North Carolina, 1836. Enlarged in 1852     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Histories of specific towns and townships

• History of Flat Rock, NC 
• Flat Rock  Landmark for Indians and the pioneer white settlers of this area, lies nearby. Town of Flat Rock named for this natural formation     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Old Flat Rock 
• Hendersonville's Past 
• History of Hendersonville, NC 
• Laurel Park History Lesson 
• History of Mills River 

Library

• Henderson County Public Library Timeline 

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

• Flat Rock, NC Hotel Fire, May 1911      (Source: GenDisasters)
• Fletcher, NC Quarry Pit Cave In, Feb 1933      (Source: GenDisasters)
• Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hoke and Hyde County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
• Henderson County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
• Hendersonville, NC Jet - Private Plane Collision, Jul 1967      (Source: GenDisasters)
• Sugarloaf Mountain, NC Private Plane Crash, Oct 1963      (Source: GenDisasters)
• Vance-Carson Duel  On Nov. 5, 1827, Robert B. Vance, former N.C. Congressman, was fatally wounded in a duel by Samuel P. Carson, his successor. 1/2 mile S.E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

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