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Shelby County

FIPS code

173

County seat

Shelbyville

Established

1827

Origin

Fayette County

Etymology

Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), soldier in the American Revolutionary War and War of 1812; first and fifth Governor of Kentucky

Population

22,363

Area

759 sq mi
(1,966 km2)

County Information

Clarksburg, Cowden, Findlay, Herrick, Lakewood, Oconee, Shelbyville (County Seat), Sigel, Stewardson, Strasburg, Tower Hill, Windsor