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is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,835 at the 2006 census. It is home to Country Music
star David Lee Murphy. It was also the hometown of baseball's legendary Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman. It is also the home town of San Diego State University men's basketball coach Steve Fisher.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.4 square miles (21.7 km²), of which, 8.2 square miles (21.2 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (2.03%) is water.
Herrin is just south, or to the hind end, of Chittyville, which has occasioned many puns among the local population.