Bald Hill was a well-known early Henderson neighborhood, named for its elevated, once tree-sparse ridge just east of downtown.
Late-1800s and early-1900s newspapers regularly referenced Bald Hill as “just out of the city limits,” generally centered around today’s Roosevelt Street, McKinley Avenue, Washington Street, and nearby blocks. The area shifted from farmland and livestock trading to a stable residential neighborhood by the early 20th century.
Though never an official subdivision, Bald Hill was a clearly understood place – a reminder of how Henderson’s neighborhoods often formed by landscape and local usage long before formal boundaries.
