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Nearest Communities to Shep,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Shep, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Shep:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Shep is located in Taylor County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Callahan, Coleman, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels & Shackelford.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shep. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Taylor County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Shep (which is Taylor County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Shep

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Taylor County   (where Shep resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.taylorcounty.texas.gov/
    • County Seat for Taylor:   Abilene
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shep   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shep.
      • Happy Valley
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Happy Valley is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Bradshaw
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Bradshaw is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
      • Guion
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Guion is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
      • Ovalo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Blair
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Blair is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
      • Cozart
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Cozart is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozart
      • Mount Pleasant
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
      • View
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • View is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
      • Tuscola
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • 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
      • Lawn
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Caps
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Caps is located in Taylor County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Merkel
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Trent
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Rogers
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Rogers is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Tye
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Tye is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tye
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,341 people
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        • Wylie
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wylie is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wylie
        • Potosi
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Potosi is located in Taylor County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potosi
        • Abilene
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Callahan County
  • Coke County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.coke.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Coke:   Robert Lee
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shep   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shep.
      • Blackwell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
      • Bronte
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Shawville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Shawville is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawville
      • Sanco ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Sanco is located in Coke County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanco
      • Robert Lee
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tennyson
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Coleman County
  • Fisher County
  • Jones County
  • Nolan County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.nolan.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Nolan:   Sweetwater
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shep   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shep.
      • Hylton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Hylton is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hylton
      • Nolan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Toland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Toland is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toland
      • Maryneal
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Grimes
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Grimes is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes
      • Herndon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Herndon is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
      • Tesco
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Tesco is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesco
      • Shaufler
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Shaufler is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaufler
      • Sweetwater
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Avenger Village
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Avenger Village is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avenger Village
      • Orient
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Orient is located in Nolan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient
  • Runnels County
    • County Website:   https://www.runnelscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Runnels:   Ballinger
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shep   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shep.
      • Wingate
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Drasco
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Drasco is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
      • Pumphrey
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Pumphrey is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
      • Wilmeth
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Wilmeth is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmeth
      • Winters
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Marie
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Marie is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
      • Norton
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Maverick ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Maverick is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maverick
      • Hatchel
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Hatchel is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchel
      • Valley View
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Valley View is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley View
      • Crews
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Crews is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
      • Blanton
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Blanton is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
      • Ballinger
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Benoit
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Benoit is located in Runnels County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benoit

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shep) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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