Herman, Arkansas

Herman is an unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. Its location is 35°42′54″N 90°31′56″W / 35.71500°N 90.53222°W / 35.71500; -90.53222.

History of the Community Name

The locale of Herman began as a railroad stop with the post office being called Bellefield. The name of the railroad stop was changed to Herman by Francis John Borgman, who owned a lumber mill and also ran the post office at this railroad stop which was right at his house, after his son John Allen Borgman had a baby boy named Herman in 1898.

In the early 1900s Frank Borgman petitioned the United States Postal Service to also change the post office to Herman but they declined responding that it was too similar to the post office of Harman nearby. But in 1920, after Herman Francis Borgman married, the post office changed its name to Herman.

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Herman named for Herman Borgman

Municipalities and communities of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States
County seats: Jonesboro and Lake City
Cities	Bay Bono Brookland Caraway Jonesboro Lake City Monette
Towns	Black Oak Cash Egypt
Unincorporated communities	Aetna Antioch Apt Bowman Buck Snort Bunney Burnt Hill Cary Childress Chilson Claunch Cottonwood Corner Davis Spur Deep Landing Degelow Delfore Denton Island Dixie Dorothy Dryden Elm Grove Fallis Farrville Fiftysix Fisher Gibson Gilkerson Glendale Goobertown Greensboro Gum Point Hancock Hancock Junction Hergett Herman Herndon Jonesboro Junction Lake View Lepanto Junction Lester Longwill Lunsford Macey Mangrum Nalle Needham Nemo Nettleton Oak Ridge Otwell Pauls Switch Philadelphia Phillips Pleasant Grove Poplar Ridge Ridge Riggs Risher Sandy Southland Sterling Springs Stier Upper Poplar Ridge Valley View Winesburg
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