(Science: zoology) Plume bird, any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from new guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida (Ardea candidissima).
Henderson, NC. Sponsored Topics. Henderson, with a population of 16,095 at the 2000 census, is the county seat of Vance County, North Carolina, United States. The city was named in honor of former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leonard Henderson, who lived nearby and was a friend of early settler Lewis Reavis.
It is bordered on the north by Carroll County, on the west by Madison County, on the south by Hardin County and McNairy County, and on the east by the Decatur County. Henderson County was legislated into existence in 1821 and organized in 1822. In 1845 a southeast corner strip was given for the creation of Decatur County. In the 1870s, a small tract in the northwest corner was given to Carroll County. In 1882 a large piece of the southwest corner went to Chester County.