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HERRON CITY, TEXAS. Herron City was in southeastern Young County. It existed only during the oil boom of the 1920s, when it was a thriving shack community notorious for vice among its transient population.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Young County Federation of Women's Clubs, Scrapbook of Young County (Graham, Texas?, 194-?).

 




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