Henderson, city in Clark County, southeastern Nevada, in the Las Vegas metropolitan region. It is a retail and industrial center that produces titanium, plastics, vinyl components, and a variety of chemicals. Firms in the city also provide production and exhibition services to the trade show industry.
Points of interest include the Clark County Heritage Museum, which includes a re-created ghost town and a group of historic structures called Heritage Street, and the Ethel M. Chocolate Factory, which has a cactus garden with an extensive collection of southwest desert plants. Henderson is the southwest terminus of a scenic route that follows the Lake Mead shoreline.
