Shepard, Missouri | |
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Former community | |
  Shepard  Shepard | |
| Coordinates: 37°41′47″N90°53′13″W / 37.696436°N 90.887073°W Coordinates: 37°41′47″N90°53′13″W / 37.696436°N 90.887073°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Iron |
| Elevation | 1,191 ft (363 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 739932 [1] |
Shepard is an extinct town in Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]
Iron County is a county located in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,630. The largest city and county seat is Ironton. Iron County was officially organized on February 17, 1857, and was named after the abundance of iron ore found within its borders.
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders.
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States. With over six million residents, it is the 18th-most populous state of the Union. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia; the capital is Jefferson City. The state is the 21st-most extensive in area. Missouri is bordered by eight states : Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas to the south and Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska to the west. In the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals and recreation. The Missouri River, after which the state is named, flows through the center of the state into the Mississippi River, which makes up Missouri's eastern border.
A post office called Shepard was established in 1913, and remained in operation until 1929. [2] The community has the name of Elihu H. Shepard, an early settler. [3]
