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Shelby County
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county in Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Seat
- Shelbyville
- Largest city
- Shelbyville
- Total
- 768 sq mi (1,990 km )
- Land
- 759 sq mi (1,970 km )
- Water
- 9.5 sq mi (25 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,576
- Density
- 27.7/sq mi (10.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 15th
- Website
- www .shelbycounty-il .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Illinois
- Capital
- Shelbyville
- Population
- 20990
- Area
- 1989
- Shares border with
- Coles County
- Official website
- www.shelbycounty-il.com
- Image
- Shelby County Courthouse in Illinois.jpg
- Households
- 9158
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- Commons category
- Shelby County, Illinois
- topic's main category
- Category:Shelby County, Illinois
- inception
- 1827-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shelby County, Illinois
- different from
- Shelby County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Shelby County
- per capita income
- 28234
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,990. Its county seat is Shelbyville.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelby County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.