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Welcome to Shepp ...

Shepp is located in Haywood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shepp, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Shepp is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Shepp lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Shepp: 731

Communities near Shepp ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shepp.

  • Clopton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Clopton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
  • Brownsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Covington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Feathers Chapel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
  • Mount Carmel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mount Carmel is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,453 people
  • Whiteville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Somerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mason
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bradford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bradford is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people

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 Shepp. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shepp.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shepp. 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 Shepp.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shepp. See our Newspapers Page for Shepp.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shepp ...

Looking for more information about Shepp? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Shepp, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shepp.

Adding Shepp to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Shepp in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Shepp was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Shepp post office opened in 1899. The Shepp post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shepp.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Haywood, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shepp - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/