Henry County, Alabama
Henry County · Abbeville · the Wiregrass seat sits here · Headland is not this hall
Abbeville is the hall. Headland is the large city. This is not Henry County, Georgia.
Henry County, Alabama, was erected 13 December 1819 and named for Patrick Henry. Abbeville became the seat in 1833. Abbeville is the seat. Headland is the large city — it is not the hall. A Dothan edge is not this hall. Dothan is Houston except for a sliver. Ozark is Dale. This is not Henry County, Georgia. This is not Henry County, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, or Virginia. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama. It does not sit here.
Places include Abbeville, Headland, Newville, Haleburg, and Shorterville. 2020 census: 17,146. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — Wiregrass patrol and the county jail this badge still holds — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Henry County.
Five districts. Probate chairs on Court Square. They do not sit in Headland as this county.
Henry is a five-district County Commission with the Judge of Probate as chairman. There is no County Executive. Courthouse and commission business sit at 101 Court Square, Abbeville. They fund roads, the jail, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. Abbeville City Council is a city body. Headland is a city.
The courthouse is at 101 Court Square, Abbeville (20th Judicial Circuit with Houston). The Circuit Clerk lists Suite J. The Sheriff lists Suite G. A city hall in Headland is not this county. The Herndon Building at 102 North Court Square is a county annex — not the hall as a substitute for 101.
The Sheriff is four years, Article V § 138, 2026 with the Governor. Take office 18 January 2027. The Mayor of Abbeville is a city clock. The Mayor of Headland is a city clock.
The Chattahoochee and U.S. 431. Montgomery is still the capital.
The Chattahoochee River is the Georgia line. U.S. 431 is the through road. State 27 and State 95 run the Wiregrass. Barbour is north. Dale is west. Houston is south. Clay County, Georgia, and Early County, Georgia, are east. Staff who paste a Georgia-county postcard onto Court Square, or treat Headland as this courthouse, or file “Dothan as the Henry hall,” are on the wrong county.
How an Abbeville public finds the Henry desk
Courthouse / Circuit Clerk / Absentee: 101 Court Square, Abbeville (Clerk Suite J). Board of Registrars: Suite K. Sheriff headquarters (SOS): 101 West Court Square, Suite G, Abbeville, AL 36310. Jail: the Henry County Jail this Sheriff still holds — listings commonly use 106 East Williams Street, Abbeville; confirm the live street on official pages (jail line 334-585-3293). Confirm live addresses on henrycountyal.com and hcsoalabama.org. A student who only knows a Headland or Dothan photograph has not found Abbeville.
The county jail still jails on this badge. Abbeville PD does not.
Crime in unincorporated Henry — Newville country, Haleburg, Shorterville, the Wiregrass roads off U.S. 431 — is this Sheriff. Crime in Abbeville is often Abbeville Police. Crime in Headland is often Headland Police. This Sheriff is not Abbeville PD. This Sheriff is not Headland PD. The county jail is Sheriff-operated. A 2026 renovation of the 27-bed house finished under this badge — that is not a separate county Department of Corrections. Do not paste Houston’s East Main house onto Abbeville. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Headland Police or to Georgia. Civil process and courthouse security at 101 Court Square are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at the Georgia line. Remedy for Abbeville Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when Wiregrass weather sits is this count first.
Care without inventing a Headland chapel as this county
A peace order served in Haleburg. A transport from the county jail to 101 Court Square without becoming Abbeville Police. Do not invent a church. Do not invent Headland as this badge.
What Henry actually watches
Court calendar on Court Square. A wreck on U.S. 431. High water on the Chattahoochee. Fog toward Newville. A night road outside Haleburg. Coordination with Abbeville PD, Headland PD, and ALEA without becoming those departments. Coordination with Dale’s Sheriff or Houston’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger. A Georgia photograph does not steal the seat. A Headland postcard does not steal the hall.
Abbeville snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Abbeville · Large city (not the hall): Headland · Capital of Alabama: Montgomery
- Government: five district Commissioners · Probate as chairman · courthouse 101 Court Square
- Sheriff: four years · 2026 · patrol and jail this Sheriff still holds
- Court / Absentee: 101 Court Square, Suite J · HQ (SOS): 101 West Court Square, Suite G
- Neighbors: Barbour · Dale · Houston · Clay County, Georgia · Early County, Georgia
- Not Henry County, Georgia · Not Headland as the hall · Not Dothan as this hall · Not Abbeville PD as this Sheriff
What Abbeville is not, as this county
- Not Henry County, Georgia. Not Henry County, Tennessee. Not Headland as the hall.
- Not Dothan as this hall. Not Ozark. Not Houston County as this government.
- Not Abbeville Police as this Sheriff. Not a Georgia-line postcard as the hall.
- Not a campaign flyer.