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Shelby County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Seat
- Center
- Largest city
- Center
- Total
- 835 sq mi (2,160 km )
- Land
- 796 sq mi (2,060 km )
- Water
- 39 sq mi (100 km ) 4.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,286
- Density
- 30.2/sq mi (11.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .co .shelby .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Center
- Capital
- Center
- Population
- 24022
- Area
- 2161
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Sabine County
- Official website
- www.co.shelby.tx.us
- Image
- Shelby County, TX, Courthouse IMG 0965.JPG
- Households
- 9486
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- Commons category
- Shelby County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Shelby County, Texas
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shelby County, Texas
- different from
- Shelby County
- water as percent of area
- 4.7
- native label
- Shelby County
- per capita income
- 22404
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelby County is a county located in the far eastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,022. Its county seat is Center. The county was established in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. It is named for Isaac Shelby, a soldier in the American Revolution who became the first governor of Kentucky.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelby County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.