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Shelby County
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county in Kentucky, United States of America
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The entry is geolocated on the map in KY.
It is catalogued under topics including 1792 establishments in Kentucky, Kentucky counties and Louisville metropolitan area.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Seat
- Shelbyville
- Largest city
- Shelbyville
- Judge executive
- Dan Ison (R)
- Total
- 386 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Land
- 380 sq mi (980 km )
- Water
- 6.0 sq mi (16 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 51,243
- Density
- 130/sq mi (49/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- shelbycounty .ky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Official name
- Shelby County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Bagdad
- Capital
- Shelbyville
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 48065
- Area
- 999
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Oldham County
- Official website
- shelbycounty.ky.gov
- Image
- Shelby county kentucky courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 16801
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- Commons category
- Shelby County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Shelby County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1792-06-23
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shelby County, Kentucky
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Shelby County, Kentucky
- P8168
- Léré
- different from
- Shelby County
- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Shelby County
- per capita income
- 33189
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,065. Its county seat is Shelbyville. The county was established in 1792 and named for Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Shelby County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shelby County's motto is "Good Land, Good Living, Good People".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelby County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.