Shelby County (Illinois)

administration
Shelby County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Shelbyville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Shelby County Courthouse 301 E. Main Street P.O. Box 416 Shelbyville, IL 62565
Foundation :	January 23, 1827
Made up from:	Fayette County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	22,363 (2010)
Population density :	11.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1989 km²
Water surface :	25 km²
map

Website : shelbycounty-il.com

The Shelby County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 the county had 22,363 residents and a population density of 11.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Shelbyville .

geography

Lake Shelbyville

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Illinois. It has an area of 1989 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water.

The Shelby County is traversed by the Kaskaskia River , which is dammed in the north to Lake Shelbyville .

The following neighboring counties border Shelby County:

	Macon County	Moultrie County
Christian County Montgomery County		Coles County Cumberland County
	Fayette County Effingham County

economy

The extraction of the existing mineral resources and especially the extraction of coal form the largest part of the jobs. Shelby County has 110 coal mines, most of them underground, owned by 48 different owners and employing around 2,500 people. The supplier and service companies also located in the area provide another 500 jobs.

history

Isaac Shelby

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2972	-
1840	6650	123.8%
1850	7807	17.4%
1860	14,613	87.2%
1870	25,470	74.3%
1880	30,270	18.8%
1890	31.191	3%
1900	32,126	3%
1910	31,693	-1.3%
1920	29,601	-6.6%
1930	25,471	-14%
1940	26,290	3.2%
1950	24,434	-7.1%
1960	23,404	-4.2%
1970	22,589	-3.5%
1980	23,923	5.9%
1990	22,261	-6.9%
2000	22,893	2.8%
2010	22,363	-2.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The Shelby County was formed on January 23, 1827 from the Fayette County. It was named after Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), an officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and governor of Kentucky (1792-1796, 1812-1816).

Territorial development

The Shelby County from its inception in 1827 to 1829
1829 to 1839
1839 to 1843
1843 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Shelby County had 22,363 people in 8,968 households. The population density was 11.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.46 persons lived in each of the 8968 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,689 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,522. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Shelby County localities

Citys

Town

Seal

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Westervelt

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Christian County}

structure

Shelby County is divided into 24 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Ash Grove Township	479	17-02466
Big Spring Township	698	17-06002
Clarksburg Township	401	17-14637
Cold Spring Township	442	17-15417
Dry Point Township	1093	17-20851
Flat Branch Township	443	17-26337
Herrick Township	626	17-34345
Holland Township	420	17-35567
Lakewood Township	439	17-41690
Moweaqua Township	2003	17-51245
Oconee Township	776	17-55145
Okaw Township	927	17-55457

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Penn Township	107	17-58590
Pickaway Township	179	17-59663
Prairie Township	1247	17-61522
Richland Township	762	17-63615
Ridge Township	427	17-63836
Rose Township	1848	17-65637
Rural township	339	17-66313
Shelbyville Township	4739	17-69199
Sigel Township	826	17-69927
Todd's Point Township	441	17-75588
Tower Hill Township	1227	17-75861
Windsor Township	1474	17-82335