Laurel Park incorporated as a town in 1933. This became the third town in the county. Hendersonville and East Flat Rock were the other two towns.

Republican Herbert Hoover was elected President in 1928 and inaugurated in 1929, before the stock market crash that began the Great Depression. He served until 1933, when Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt took the oath as President. The majority of the county’s residents voted for Hoover and then voted for Roosevelt throughout the remainder of the 1930s.

From 1930 to 1940 all senators to the U.S. Congress from North Carolina were Democrats. None were from Henderson County. In the U.S. House of Representatives, none were from Henderson County.
All the governors were Democrats from 1930 to 1940. None were from Henderson County.
All state senators representing Henderson County in the General Assembly in the 1930s were Democrats. Only one was from Henderson County.

Joseph Oscar Bell Sr. (1865-1939) was elected as a Democrat to the State Senate in 1933. He was born in Abbeville, South Carolina. He married Lillias Durham. By 1900, he lived in Rutherford County. He moved to Henderson County prior to 1907. He developed and owned the Green River Manufacturing Company in Tuxedo and developed the mill town. He was a member of the Henderson County Board of Education from 1916 to 1920.

Henderson County representatives to the General Assembly in the 1930s were all Democrats and included:
1. John Ewbank (1885-1936) was elected in 1931. He was born in Hendersonville. He was a former editor of the Hendersonville Times and a lawyer. His father was born in Charleston and his mother in Switzerland. He married Grace Schaeffer. His grave site is at Oakdale Cemetery.
2. Theodore Roosevelt Ray (1904-1971) was elected in 1933. He was born in Buncombe County and his family moved to Henderson County prior to 1920. He married first Mary Morton and second Jane Hereford. He was a publisher and a representative of the World Book Co. Between 1935 and 1940 he moved to Fulton County, Ga., and later to Pinellas County, Fla. He died in Buncombe County. His grave site is at Oakdale Cemetery.
3. William McDowell Sherard (1869-1956) was elected in 1935. See political events and leaders, 1920 to 1930.
4. Lawrence Lee Burgin (1893-1963) was elected in 1937. He was born in the Mills River community of Henderson County. He was a farmer. He married Mary Osborne. His grave site is at Mills River Presbyterian Church.

 Hendersonville Mayor

Albert Victor Edwards (1891-1971) was elected mayor in 1932, after the last term of William M. Sherard. Edwards was mayor for 37 years. A.V. Edwards is the longest serving mayor in the history of North Carolina. He was extremely active in Boy Scouts and began the first troop in Hendersonville. The Boy Scout cabins at Edwards Park were built in the 1930s. Edwards Park was established in 1933 as a center for activities of the Boy Scouts and later the Girl Scouts. The park is named for him. He served as mayor until 1969. He was born in Hendersonville. In 1920 he was working as a salesman and in 1930 as a merchant of a hardware store in Hendersonville. He married Linda Bly. His grave site is at Oakdale Cemetery.