Editing Henry County, Virginia (section)

==Government==
[[File:View Smith River Fieldale Virginia.JPG|thumb|right|250px|View of the Smith River from bridge at [[Fieldale]], Henry County]]

===Board of supervisors===
* Blackberry District: Jimmie L. "Jim" Adams (I)
* Collinsville District: Joe Bryant (I)
* Horsepasture District: Debra Parsons Buchanan (I)
* Iriswood District: Garrett Dillard (I)
* Reed Creek District: T.J. "Tommy" Slaughter (I)
* Ridgeway District: Ryan Zehr (I)

===Constitutional officers===
* Clerk of the Circuit Court: Jennifer Ashworth (I)
* Commissioner of the Revenue: Linda N. Love (I)
* Commonwealth's Attorney: Andrew Nester (I)
* Sheriff: D. Wayne Davis Jr. (I)
* Treasurer: Scott B. Grindstaff (I)
* General Registrar: Dawn Stultz-Vaughn

Henry County is represented by Republican William M. "Bill" Stanley in the Virginia Senate, Republicans Wren Williams, D.W. "Danny" Marshall III, and Les R. Adams in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republicans [[Bob Good]] and H. Morgan Griffith in the U.S. House of Representatives.

===Law enforcement===
The Henry County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency in Henry County.

[[Robert Hairston]] was appointed the first "[[High sheriff]]" by Governor [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]] when Henry County was formed in 1777. [[Alexander Hunter (planter)|Alexander Hunter]] also served as sheriff of Henry County for one year in 1803.

In 2006, a federal Grand Jury charged 20 defendants for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy that included the distribution of illegal drugs, theft of drugs and firearms under the custody of the Henry County Sheriff's Office, money laundering, and obstruction of justice. Thirteen of the twenty defendants were current or former employees of the Sheriff's Office. Eighteen of the defendants, including sheriff Frank Cassell, were convicted of felony offenses. This case, ''United States v. Frank Cassell'', was prosecuted by US Attorney [[John L. Brownlee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheriff, 12 Deputies Among Those Arrested On Drug, Racketeering Charges In Southern VA County |url=https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2006/11/02/sheriff-12-deputies-among-those-arrested-drug-racketeering-charges |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=www.dea.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gangloff |first=Mike |title=Sheriff heads to prison |url=https://roanoke.com/archive/sheriff-heads-to-prison/article_c428b95e-b2fa-5b09-bae7-92eef88de6c1.html |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=Roanoke Times |language=en|date=September 11, 2007}}</ref>