Sheppards Mill, New Jersey

Sheppards Mill, New Jersey
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 39°24′37″N75°19′5″W / 39.41028°N 75.31806°W / 39.41028; -75.31806
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Cumberland
Townships	Greenwich Hopewell
Area [1]
• Total	0.36 sq mi (0.94 km2)
• Land	0.32 sq mi (0.84 km2)
• Water	0.039 sq mi (0.10 km2)
Elevation	20 ft (6.1 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	131
• Density	405.4/sq mi (156.51/km2)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	08323 (Greenwich) 08302 (Bridgeton)
Area code	856
FIPS code	34-66970 [3]
GNIS feature ID	2806186 [4]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	131		—
U.S. Decennial Census [5] [2]

Sheppards Mill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located in the western part of the county in northeastern Greenwich Township and southwestern Hopewell Township. The community is centered on Mill Creek, which is dammed to form Sheppards Millpond in the northwestern part of the CDP. Mill Creek is a southwest-flowing tributary of Wheaton Run, part of the Cohansey River watershed leading to Delaware Bay.

The community is 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Bridgeton, the Cumberland county seat, and less than 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the village of Greenwich.

Sheppards Mill was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. ^[4]

Demographics

Sheppards Mill was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census. ^[6]

Sheppards Mill CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020 [7]	2020
White alone (NH)	83	63.36%
Black or African American alone (NH)	13	9.92%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	4	3.05%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	3	2.29%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	5	3.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	23	17.56%
Total	131	100.00%

Education

For elementary school, Greenwich Township students are zoned to Greenwich Township School District while Hopewell Township students are zoned to Hopewell Township School District. All students are in the Cumberland Regional School District (for high school). ^[8]

The Greenwich school district and the Stow Creek Township School District have a cooperative agreement in which all students in grade levels Kindergarten through 4 in both school districts attend the Greenwich Township school facility, Morris Goodwin School, while all students in grades 5-8 in both school districts attend the Stow Creek school facility, Stow Creek School. ^[9]

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
3. Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
4. "Sheppards Mill Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
6. "2020 Geography Changes". United States Census Bureau.
7. "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Sheppards Mill CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau .
8. Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cumberland County, NJ (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2025. - Text list
9. "About Our Schools". Greenwich-Stow Creek Partnership Schools. Retrieved September 20, 2025. - This is the collective official website of the Greenwich Township and Stow Creek schools.