Henagar, Alabama
city in Alabama
Henagar is a city in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,292.
Henagar is located on top of Sand Mountain, a southern extension of the Cumberland Plateau.
History
Henagar was first settled circa 1855. The town is named after an early settler, George Henegar. A post office was established in 1878. It was then that a postal official misspelled the town's name as "Henagar". In 1901, a public school was built. At daybreak on November 18, 1906, a Sunday, the Rainsville tornado struck the town, and all "fifteen stores and houses were reduced to splinters." They rebuilt, and Henagar incorporated in 1965.
Geography
Henagar is located in northern DeKalb County; it borders Jackson County in the northwest.
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