 hendry county is a county located in the u.s. state of florida. as of the 2010 census, the population was 39,140. its county seat is labelle. hendry county comprises the clewiston, fl micropolitan statistical area. ==history== hendry county was created in 1923. it was named for major francis a. hendry, one of the first settlers. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (3.1%) is water. ===adjacent counties===  *glades county, florida - north *martin county, florida - northeast *okeechobee county, florida - northeast *palm beach county, florida - east *broward county, florida - southeast *collier county, florida - south *lee county, florida - west *charlotte county, florida - west  ==demographics==  as of the census{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=[[uni
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