[1] Once the largest town in Yalobusha County, the former settlement is today covered by forest.

John Henderson, a Presbyterian missionary and the town's namesake, settled in the area in 1798.

Yalobusha County's first elected officials, called the "Board of Police", met in 1834 at Hendersonville.

L. Lake, wrote in 1834: "Hendersonville then went down and ultimately lost its name, being absorbed in a farm known as 'Oakchickamau,'" owned by Franklin E. Plummer.

An early resident of county named Mr. E. Percy Howe, appeared to dislike both Hendersonville and Coffeeville.