Sherrard is a village in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.

[1] The village sits on a flat-topped ridge that drains north toward Mill Creek, a tributary of the Rock River, and south toward Camp Creek, a tributary of the Edwards River.

The village limits extend south to include Frye Lake and Karl Lake, reservoirs built in a valley leading toward Camp Creek.

At the 2000 census there were 694 people, 271 households, and 201 families living in the village.

There were 276 housing units at an average density of 659.5 per square mile (254.6/km2).