Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Shep in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Shep. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Shep listed first.
- Hylton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hylton is located in Nolan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
- Fort Chadbourne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Chadbourne is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Chadbourne
- Guion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Guion is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Winters
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buffalo Gap
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Gap is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Bronte
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maverick ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Maverick is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
- Merkel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sanco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sanco is located in Coke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
- Eskota
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eskota is located in Fisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eskota
- Robert Lee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Shep, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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