Coordinates: 51°47′42″N 0°04′41″W / 51.795°N 0.078°W / 51.795; -0.078

Hertford ( /ˈhɑrtfərd/ or /ˈhɑrfərd/) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, the 2001 census put the population of Hertford at about 24,180. Recent estimates are that it is now around 28,000^{[citation needed]}. The name is Anglo Saxon and means the ford frequented by harts or stags.

Hertford has been the county town of Hertfordshire since Saxon times when it was governed by the king's reeves. By the 13th century, these had been replaced by a bailiff, elected by the burgesses. Charters of 1554 and 1589 established a common council of eleven chief burgesses and a bailiff. Another charter of 1605 changed the bailiff's title to mayor. In 1835, Hertford became a Municipal Corporation; the ratepayers elected twelve councillors, who chose four aldermen, aldermen and councillors composing the council. This body elected the mayor.

Whit Hertford (born November 2, 1978) is an American actor and writer.

His mother, Carol, raised Whit and his two younger sisters, Chelsea (Major Dad) and Brighton (General Hospital) in Oak Park and Newbury Park, CA. He is the son of the late stage director, Bruce Hertford. He lives in Los Angeles.

A veteran American character actor and writer. He is the co-founder (along with director Ryan Darst) of Sneak Attack films and wrote / produced / starred in their debut, Long Story Short, in which he plays opposite his longtime friend and collaborator, Nora Kirkpatrick (ABC family's Greek and member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros) and also co-stars Matt Jones (Breaking Bad). In 2010 and 2011 it was screened at various festivals including: Ashland Independent Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and DC Shortsfest among others. Hertford also co-wrote (along with Robert J. Gibbs) and co-produced Sneak Attack’s other short films, Elliott (which premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival in 2011), and their first feature length film, Dreamworld. He is in current pre-production on the Sneak Attack feature, an ensemble adventure-comedy titled "The Caper Kind", which he wrote and will direct with Ryan Darst as well as star alongside Kirkpatrick, Jon Heder and Johnny Pemberton. Whit also co-wrote, co-starred and served as associate producer of the upcoming dramatic short film, "Peter at The End" starring Heder and directed by Russ Lamoureux.