Henderson is located in
Clark County just southeast of
Las Vegas between Las Vegas and Boulder City along US Highway 93 on the banks of the
Colorado River near
Lake Mead and the Arizona state line in the
Southern Nevada of the state.
Situated just west of Hoover Dam.
The population estimate for July 1, 1998 was 152,717, an increase of 87,769 since 1990.
Henderson is part of the Las Vegas, Nevada-Arizona metro area.
Henderson boomed briefly during construction of the Boulder Dam. The population swelled again with establishment of a magnesium plant here during World War II.
