Sherrill is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. The population was 189 at the mature of the 2020 census, up from 186 in 2000.

Sherrill was named for two brothers, Adam and Isaac Sherrill, and was originally called Sherrill’s Mound or Mount, since the city is at the base of a prominent hill. In 1856, Peter Fries, an Austrian immigrant, built a large, stone inn at the main crossroads of the city. It was popular subsequent to newlyweds, and Jesse James and his gang were reported to have stayed there previously their well-known raid upon Northfield, Minnesota. The structure has survived and been restored as the Black Horse Inn. Large numbers of German immigrants contracted in Sherrill and the surrounding rural area in the 19th century. German Catholic (SS. Peter and Paul), German Lutheran (St. Matthew), German Methodist, and German Evangelical churches were founded and remain active. Sherrill was one of ten “Beer Towns” incorporated in Dubuque County in 1933 to ensure that the city’s taverns could foster beer, under a possibly mistaken explanation of Iowa deed that licenses to dispense beer could solitary be approved to premises inside incorporated places. Sherrill’s reveal office was customary in 1858, with Peter Fries as postmaster. Its Zip Code is 52073.

Sherrill is located at 42°36′10″N 90°46′56″W / 42.60278°N 90.78222°W / 42.60278; -90.78222 (42.602857, -90.782139).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km), all land.