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History · Sheppards Mill

53% of Sheppards Mill’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on.

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53%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Sheppards Mill’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Sheppards Mill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18904 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1972. Watch Sheppards Mill change.Old housesHalf of Sheppards Mill’s homes were built before 1938.
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On the map

Sheppards Mill on the map, 1890 to 1972

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sheppards Mill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Sheppards Mill on the 1890 USGS mapSheppards Mill on the 1931 USGS mapSheppards Mill on the 1947 USGS mapSheppards Mill on the 1972 USGS map1890Bay Side sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sheppards Mill.

The story so far

Sheppards Mill, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sheppards Mill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

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. As of the 2020 census, Sheppards Mill had a popula…

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Sheppards Mill

Nobody well known was born in Sheppards Mill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lester Russell BrownAmerican environmental analyst · b. 1934
Samuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonBritish neurologist · b. 1878
Frank LoBiondoAmerican politician · b. 1946
Harris FlanaginGovernor of Arkansas from 1862 to 1864, and in … · b. 1817
Ephraim BatemanAmerican politician · b. 1780
Elias Petty SeeleyAmerican politician · b. 1791

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.