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Welcome to Herricks ...

Herricks is located in Hancock County<1>.

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

Herricks is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Herricks: 207

Communities Also Named Herricks ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Herricks - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Herricks ...

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

  • Belfast
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bucksport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Camden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Blue Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Searsport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lincolnville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Orland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mount Desert
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Deer Isle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Southwest Harbor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Herricks ...

Looking for more information about Herricks? 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 Herricks, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Herricks.

Adding Herricks to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Herricks 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 Herricks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Herricks post office opened in 1900. The Herricks post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Herricks.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maine's counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Herricks - 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/