Welcome to Shepton ...Shepton is located Shepton is located in Collin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Shepton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Shepton is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Shepton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shepton. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shepton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shepton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shepton. 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 Shepton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shepton. See our Newspapers Page for Shepton. Looking for more information about Shepton? 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 Shepton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Shepton. We originally found mention of Shepton 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 Shepton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Shepton.
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