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History · Herrick

Herrick’s post office opened in 1904, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them a historic district. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1910.

1904first post office
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49%homes built before 1940
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How Herrick began

When was Herrick founded?

1904

The Herrick post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Willette (1904), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 412 in 19102020 census: 74122 years
Founding year: the first Herrick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Herrick’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Herrick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Herrick’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Herrick’s history is told.

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The story

How Herrick came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Herrick.

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Herrick was laid out in 1904. The town was named for a nephew of Ohio governor Myron T. Herrick, who opened former Indian land to settlement. A post office called Herrick has been in operation since 1904.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Herrick, 1904 to 1964

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Herrick post office opens
  3. 1904Post officeThe Willette post office opens
  4. 1904Post officeThe Willette post office closes
  5. 1909Born hereDick Ward is born here
  6. 1919BuiltHerrick Public School is built
  7. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Herrick, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Herrick Elevator 2012-09-11 07-21-272012Herrick Elevator 2012-09-11 07-21-27SDMap-doton-Herrick2004SDMap-doton-Herrick
On the map

Herrick on the map, 1964 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Herrick. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Herrick on the 1964 USGS mapHerrick on the 1986 USGS map1964Herrick sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Herrick.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Herrick

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2000
Herrick Public School
Herrick Public School, built 1919
BuildingsDistricts

Architectural styles listings

Late Victorian1
Romanesque1
Grain Elevator1
Herrick Public SchoolLate Victorian · Built 1919
Herrick ElevatorGrain Elevator

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Herrick, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 422

Between 74 and 422 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Herrick’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Herrick’s post office has been open since 1904. Another post office, Willette, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Herrick
1904–today
Willette
1904–1904
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Herrick’s history

What year was Herrick founded?

The Herrick post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Herrick?

Two places: the Herrick Public School (listed 2000) and the Herrick Elevator (2003).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.