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Herrick’s post office opened in 1883, and 26% of its homes were built before 1940

1883first post office
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26%homes built before 1940
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How Herrick began

When was Herrick founded?

1883

The Herrick post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 358143 years
Founding year: the first Herrick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Herrick’s past

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The story so far

Herrick, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Herrick yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Herrick is a village in Shelby County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Herrick had a population of 358. According to the 2010 census, Herrick has a total area of 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2), all land.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 436 to 358 (-18%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Herrick

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Garet GarrettAmerican journalist · b. 1878
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Ed CoadyAmerican football player · b. 1867
James PearsonAmerican politician · b. 1873
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Jeff KeenerAmerican baseball player · b. 1959
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Joe AdamsAmerican baseball player · b. 1877
Mike CvengrosAmerican baseball player · b. 1900

Questions about Herrick’s history

What year was Herrick founded?

The Herrick post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.