Shepherd is a city in San Jacinto County, Texas, United States.

Texas Historical Marker #7672, erected in 1970, located west of FM 222 on SH 150 in Shepherd, gives a brief background for the town.

Exact text on the marker is as follows: Originated in vicinity of Old Drew's Landing, a Trinity River port for settlers bringing in goods and shipping cotton, tobacco, and other products to markets.

A pioneer physician was Dr. William Herbert Beazley (1837-1919); Mrs. Jessie Fain operated an early hotel; Mrs. Jane Langham taught first public-school session, in Methodist church building.

James Ephraim Tribe, a native of Canada, came here in 1895, was a carpenter, coffin maker, millwright, and wheelwright.

Once a center for the lumbering industry, Shepherd remains an important market town of southeast Texas.

[citation needed] On November 8, 2023, a petroleum processing plant exploded in Shepherd.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,105 people, 684 households, and 510 families residing in the city.