What is "herscher"

Population (2000): 1523
Housing Units (2000): 554
Land area (2000): 1.724632 sq. miles (4.466776 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.724632 sq. miles (4.466776 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34384
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.050716 N, 88.095404 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 60941
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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