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Welcome to Herring ...

So far, we found very little information about Herring. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Herring to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Herring, please Contact Us.


Herring would have been located within present day Sac County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Herring, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Time Zone: The area where Herring was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Herring was located: 712

Going back to its beginning, Herring was originally named Weed. For more information about the names of Herring, see The Names of Herring on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Herring ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Herring - they are located in Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Herring.

Communities near Herring ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Herring.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Herring. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Herring.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Herring. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Herring.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Herring. See our Newspapers Page for Herring.

Adding Herring to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Herring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Herring post office opened in 1900. The Herring post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Herring.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Herring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Sac, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/