Henderson County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Henderson County, Texas, shaded from 230 ft on the southwest side to 770 ft on Tater Hill Mountain
Elevation
770 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m430 ft 135 m300 ft 90 m230 ft 70 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Henderson County averages about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 230 ft on the southwest side to 770 ft on Tater Hill Mountain.

Average elevation
410 ft 125 m
all land inside the county
Highest
770 ft 235 m
on Tater Hill Mountain
Lowest
230 ft 70 m
on the southwest side

Henderson County spans about 540 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Tater Hill Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
770 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
230 ft70 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Athens.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Henderson County, Texas, shaded from 230 ft on the southwest side to 770 ft on Tater Hill Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
87,467 2024 est.
Land area
873.8 sq mi + 74.6 sq mi water
Density
100 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Ellis County540 ft
  2. Van Zandt County470 ft
  3. Smith County450 ft
  4. Kaufman County430 ft
  5. Henderson County410 ft
  6. Navarro County410 ft
  7. Cherokee County390 ft
  8. Freestone County390 ft
  9. Anderson County380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas176th highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,451st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Tater Hill Mountain770 ft
  • Rock Hill, Henderson County700 ft
  • Jennings Mountain693 ft
  • Cooper Mountain, Henderson County690 ft
  • Melton Rock680 ft
All 22 towns in Henderson County by typical elevation
  1. Athens490 ft
  2. Murchison460 ft
  3. Frankston partly440 ft
  4. Poynor440 ft
  5. Moore Station430 ft
  6. Eustace420 ft
  7. Brownsboro410 ft
  8. Chandler410 ft
  9. Mabank partly400 ft
  10. Berryville390 ft
  11. Coffee City380 ft
  12. Sunrise Shores370 ft
  13. Log Cabin370 ft
  14. Malakoff360 ft
  15. Seven Points360 ft
  16. Tool350 ft
  17. Payne Springs350 ft
  18. Gun Barrel City350 ft
  19. Caney City350 ft
  20. Enchanted Oaks340 ft
  21. Star Harbor340 ft
  22. Trinidad300 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.