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Welcome to Herd ...

Herd is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Herd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

Herd is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Herd lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Herd: 606

Communities Also Named Herd ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Herd - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Herd ...

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

  • London
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Beattyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McKee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Annville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Livingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Booneville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Island City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Island City is located in Owsley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
  • Sextons Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sextons Creek is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sextons Creek
  • Travellers Rest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Travellers Rest is located in Owsley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travellers Rest

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 Herd. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Herd.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Herd. 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 Herd.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Herd ...

Looking for more information about Herd? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Herd, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Herd.

Adding Herd to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Herd in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Herd was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Herd post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Herd.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Herd - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/