Do you know of Herrick ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Herrick. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Herrick.
Our sources for Herrick (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Herrick other than they indicate that Herrick would be found somewhere in Franklin County, Vermont.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1899 and closed in 1902.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Herrick ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Herrick.
Within Vermont, the name Herrick is unique.
Beyond Vermont, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Herrick [Sharp County].
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Herrick [Pueblo County].
- Idaho
- Shoshone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Herrick [Shoshone County].
- Illinois
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Herrick [Shelby County].
- Michigan
- Isabella County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Herrick [Isabella County].
- Missaukee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Herrick [Missaukee County].
- Nebraska
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Herrick [Knox County].
- North Dakota
- Walsh County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Herrick [Walsh County].
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Herrick [Jefferson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Herrick [Bradford County].
- Susquehanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Herrick [Susquehanna County].
- South Dakota
- Gregory County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Herrick [Gregory County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Herrick [Salt Lake County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Herrick ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Herrick:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Franklin County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Franklin County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Herrick could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
<2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |