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Shelby
Also known as Shelby, North Carolina, Shelby, NC
city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Cleveland
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Total
- 22.39 sq mi (57.98 km )
- Land
- 22.36 sq mi (57.90 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km )
- Elevation
- 873 ft (266 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 21,855
- Density
- 980.5/sq mi (378.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
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Shelby is a city in and the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina. It lies near the western edge of the Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area. The population was 21,918 at the 2020 census.
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