The Hershberger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,357 people carried this name — #2,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,500 people counted. That is up 34% from 10,693 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

22 families named Hershberger, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 156 people lived in those households, 7.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 15
Virginia 5
Maryland 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hershberger in American newspapers,
1844–1845.

Newspaper page from Sentinel Of The Valley carrying the name Hershberger
Sentinel Of The Valley 1845-02-13
Newspaper page from Sentinel Of The Valley carrying the name Hershberger
Sentinel Of The Valley 1844-12-12
Newspaper page from Sentinel Of The Valley carrying the name Hershberger
Sentinel Of The Valley 1845-02-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,323 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hershberger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Willard Hershberger
    Willard Hershberger 1910–1940 · baseball player
  • Mike Hershberger
    Mike Hershberger 1939–2012 · baseball player
  • Jacob Hershberger 1695–
  • Jacob Keller Hershberger 1814–1873 · politician
  • Leo Daniel Hershberger 1889– · writer
  • Leander Leonard Hershberger 1890–1950 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hershberger,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States214 records

214 records of the Hershberger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 159
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John R. Hershberger

    Born 1920 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1941 at Fort George G Meade, Maryland; janitor. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Bedford County Memorial Park, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Harper Hershberger

    Born 1947; from Virginia Beach, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Go Cong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Moses Hershberger

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1826, died 1894; buried at Walkerton Woodlawn Cemetery, Indiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 214 records for Hershberger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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