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Welcome to Shepard ...So far, we found very little information about Shepard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Shepard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Shepard, please Contact Us. Shepard would have been located within present day Union County<2>. The location of Shepard has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shepard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. While the community is gone, the present day location for Shepard is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Shepard was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Shepard would have been located in the (641) area code. Communities Also Named Shepard ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Shepard - they are located in Alberta, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota (2), Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shepard. Communities near Shepard ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shepard.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shepard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shepard. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shepard. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shepard. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shepard. See our Newspapers Page for Shepard. Adding Shepard to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shepard in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Shepard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Shepard on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Shepard. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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