Shepton is an area within Plano,

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that used to be a distinct community. Park and Preston

Shepton was founded about 1890, when

Joseph W. Shepard Joseph William Shepard, also known as J. W. Shepard (died December 7, 1946), was a pioneer in Collin County, Texas. He was the son of Lewis Shepard and Mary Ann Huffman. He married Mollie Cathering Haggard and together they had six children. ...

opened a general store ten miles southwest of

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, with the town deriving its name from Shepard's. From 1894 to 1903, Shepton had a post office, but most residents migrated over the years to nearby Plano, also in southwestern

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, with the growing Plano absorbing the area of the former community by the 1980s. Shepton High School is named after the town of Shepton.

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* * ---- Plano, Texas Populated places in Collin County, Texas {{CollinCountyTX-geo-stub