- Herron Island
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Herron Island is one of the few privately-owned islands in
Puget Sound . All access to the island is by boat, mostly aboard the HMC ferry, the "Charlie Wells", and a guest pass signed by an HMC member is necessary to board the ferry. The island is convert|1.25|mi|km long, and 1/2 mile across.Corporate properties include the North Beach Park and small boat docks, the South Beach (undeveloped), roads and rights of way,
Goodpastor Park and adjacent wetlands, Community Building and Fire Station, water system, ferry and ferry docks, as well as numerous greenbelt lots throughout the island. All other land is privately owned. Ownership of waterfront lots includes the tidelands down to the mean sea level.History
Herron Island was named by
Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor Lewis Herron, the expedition's cooper. [cite book |last= Phillips |first= James W. |title= Washington State Place Names |year= 1971 |publisher= University of Washington Press |isbn= 0-295-95158-3]Herron Island is a completely private island. It was incorporated on April 30, 1958 as Herron Maintenance Co. (HMC), a non-profit, non-stock Washington corporation consisting of the owners and purchasers of property on Herron Island. HMC is governed by its ByLaws and administered by an unsalaried Board of Trustees elected annually from the membership. The Board is responsible for overseeing the operations and maintenance of the corporation's properties, and establishing a balanced budget to fund these operations. Herron Island is funded solely by annual and special assessments paid by the members and by the ferry fee. Its website is www.herronisland.org.
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* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022030&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022031&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022032&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022033&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022034&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022035&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022036&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022037&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022038&-geo_id=100$10000US530530726022039&-search_results=100$10000US530459604007008&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Herron Island: Blocks 2030 thru 2039, Census Tract 726.02, Pierce County, Washington] United States Census Bureau
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