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.

• Carroll
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
  • Carroll is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,694 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carroll <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Carroll
  • From Herring to Carroll
• Denison
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Denison have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denison
  • Denison is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denison <3>
• Ida Grove
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ida Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Grove
  • Ida Grove is located in Ida County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,037 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ida Grove <3>
• Sac City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sac City
  • Sac City is located in Sac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,036 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sac City <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sac City
  • From Herring to Sac City
• Lake View
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
  • Lake View is located in Sac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake View <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lake View
  • From Herring to Lake View
• Odebolt
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odebolt
  • Odebolt is located in Sac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Odebolt
  • From Herring to Odebolt
• Schleswig
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schleswig have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schleswig
  • Schleswig is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schleswig <3>
• Wall Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wall Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wall Lake
  • Wall Lake is located in Sac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 753 people
• Schaller
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schaller
  • Schaller is located in Sac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schaller <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Schaller
  • From Herring to Schaller
• Arcadia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcadia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Arcadia is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people

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 we've referenced which mentioned Herring was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Herring post office opened in 1900.

We also found Herring on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Herring.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sac County: www.saccounty.org/

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/