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== History == Henry County, Georgia, was created by the Georgia State Legislature in 1821 from land acquired from the [[Muscogee|Creek Indian]] Nation by the [[Treaty of Indian Springs (1821)|First Treaty of Indian Springs]]. Henry's original land area was much larger than it is today, stretching from near [[Indian Springs, Georgia|Indian Springs]] (present-day [[Indian Springs State Park]]) in the south to the [[Chattahoochee River]] near Sandy Springs in the north; encompassing most of present-day Metropolitan Atlanta. Before one year had passed, the size of the county was diminished through the separation of land areas which, in whole or in part, became the present-day [[DeKalb County, Georgia|DeKalb]], [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton]], [[Fayette County, Georgia|Fayette]] and [[Newton County, Georgia|Newton]] counties. Later divisions resulted in [[Clayton County, Georgia|Clayton]], [[Spalding County, Georgia|Spalding]], [[Rockdale County, Georgia|Rockdale]] and [[Butts County, Georgia|Butts]] counties. In the beginning Henry County was a virgin wilderness, having just been ceded from the Creek Nation. Prior to 1821, the Creeks and a few trappers and traders were the only residents of this area. The Creek Indians left their mark through place names, a few small Indian Mounds scattered around the county and through the arrowheads and broken pottery which can be found throughout Henry County. Jesse Johnson, son of John Johnson and great-grandfather of [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Baines Johnson]], was a "first settler" of Henry County. He was a prosperous farmer, the second sheriff (1822β1835), and judge, before he moved to [[Texas]].<ref> {{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/pathtopower00caro |url-access=limited |series=[[The Years of Lyndon Johnson]] |title=The Path to Power |page=[https://archive.org/details/pathtopower00caro/page/15 15] |year=1983 |location=[[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |author-link=Robert A. Caro |first=Robert A. |last=Caro |lccn=90201781 |isbn=0394499735 }}</ref> Jonesboro Road stretches through the county.<ref>{{cite news |title=Henry County takes steps to begin Jonesboro Road widening project |url=https://www.henryherald.com/news/henry-county-takes-steps-to-begin-jonesboro-road-widening-project/article_b6faddd2-d782-11ec-b1fc-b751bb50e48b.html |access-date=April 12, 2023}}</ref> In 1995, Henry County was the sixth-fastest-growing county in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Fastest-growing counties, 1990-95|url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/states/special/pop/npop005.htm|website = usatoday30.usatoday.com|access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
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