Shelby County, Indiana

administration
Shelby County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Shelbyville
Foundation :	1821
Demographics
Residents :	44,436 (2010)
Population density :	41.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1070 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Shelby County is a county in the state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Shelbyville .

geography

The neighboring counties (starting in the north, clockwise) are: Hancock County , Rush County , Decatur County , Bartholomew County , Johnson County, and Marion County . Shelby County covers an area of 1,070 square kilometers.

history

Isaac Shelby

Shelby County was formed from parts of Delaware County in 1821 and recognized on April 1, 1822. It was named after General Isaac Shelby , who defeated the British Army at the Battle of Kings Mountain in the American Revolutionary War . He then became governor of Kentucky . In the British-American War of 1812 he led the troops from Kentucky to Canada, where he again defeated the British Army in the Battle of the Thames River .

The county was divided into 14 townships: Addison, Brandywine, Hanover, Hendricks, Jackson, Liberty, Marion, Moral, Noble, Shelby, Sugar Creek, Union, Van Buren, and Washington.

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	6295	-
1840	12.005	90.7%
1850	15,502	29.1%
1860	19,569	26.2%
1870	21,892	11.9%
1880	25,257	15.4%
1890	25,454	0.8%
1900	26,491	4.1%
1910	26,802	1.2%
1920	25,982	-3.1%
1930	26,552	2.2%
1940	25,953	-2.3%
1950	28,026	8th %
1960	34.093	21.6%
1970	37,797	10.9%
1980	39,887	5.5%
1990	40,307	1.1%
2000	43,445	7.8%
2010	44,436	2.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010