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Hendersonville Tennessee
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Hendersonville is the largest city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 51,372 at the 2010 census and 54,068 according to 2013 estimates.
Hendersonville is the fourth-largest city in the Nashville metropolitan area after Nashville, Murfreesboro, and Franklin and the 11th largest in Tennessee. Hendersonville is located 18 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by Daniel Smith, and is named for William Henderson, the city's first postmaster.
Hendersonville has been home to numerous musicians of the Nashville area, especially those of country music, most notably Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, for whom the city's main road, Johnny Cash Parkway, was named. Other notable past and present residents include Conway Twitty(whose home has been transformed into the Trinity Music City complex), Jean Shepard, Marty Stuart, Taylor Swift, Young Buck, and Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down).

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Community engagement. Everyone is so helpful and love looking out for one another.

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Great place to.live.

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No special done for the elderly

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