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SHEP, TEXAS

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SW Taylor County, Texas Panhandle / Central Texas N

FM 89
Not shown on TxDoT Taylor County Map
SW of Abilene the county seat
SW of Buffalo Gap
NW of Tuscola
15 Miles NW of Winters
SE of Sweetwater
Zip code 79566
Population: 60 (2000) 80 (1990)

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Shep Texas abandoned house
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

Settlement began in the 1870s and was named after early settler Andrew Martin Sheppard who was a storeowner and the community's first postmaster. The Shep post office opened in 1903 and closed its doors 20 years later.

The Shep Methodist Church was founded about 1881 and the church's 1914 building still stands. The Shep Baptist Church was organized about 1895, and the Church of Christ in 1911.

The town once had three physicians. Earlier figures are not available but in 1985 the population was a mere 60 people. The community was struck by a tornado in late April 1985, which caused extensive damage and took the life of one resident.

Baptist Church in Shep Tx
Baptist Church in Shep
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007
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Baptist Church interior,  Shep Tx
Baptist Church interior
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

Shep Cemetery, Texas
Shep Cemetery
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007
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Nolan Texas old barn
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007

"The barn was an old one room school that was moved to Nolan from Shep. It was never a school in Nolan, but had been in Shep. I believe there was an extension wing placed on each side of barn that was not part of the school building." - R. Brett Rowlett, LPC, Sweetwater, TX


Shep Texas scene
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2007


Taylor County Texas 1907 Postal map
1907 Taylor County postal map showing Shep
(SW Taylor County, near Nolan county line)

Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Shep, Texas Forum

Subject: Shep,Texas
Drive-up Wedding 1906

Thanks for recording the brief history of Shep, Texas. My brother and I made a visit to the site recently to see the place where our grandparents were married in 1906. Francis E. Vest and Fannie L. Gilbert were married sitting in a buggy while the preacher stood on the front porch. Sorry we do not have pictures. Our mother Opal Vest was born a year later in 1907. We had a nice visit with a lady who lives across the street from the Church Of Christ. There is also a community building in Shep. We would like to hear from any Vest Family descendants or someone who knows more about Shep and Blackwell. Thanks again. - Jim D. Northcutt & Doyle Bowman, Jdmnorth@aol.com, June 24, 2007




Taylor County Towns

County Seat - Abilene
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Abilene County Seat
Bradshaw ghost town
Buffalo Gap First County seat
Caps
Elmdale ghost town
Guion ghost town
Hamby
Impact
Lawn
Merkel
Moro ghost town
Mount Pleasant ghost town
Nubia ghost town
Potosi
Ovalo
Shep ghost town
Trent
Tuscola
Tye
View
Wylie

Contiguous Counties:
Jones County (N) Shackelford County (NE)
Callahan County (E) Coleman County (SE)
Runnels County (S) Nolan County (W)
Mitchell County (NW)


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