Shelby

Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of . According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 20,990. Its county seat is .
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  • Type: County with 21,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Okrožje Shelby”, “Shelby County”, “Shelby County, IL”, “Shelby County, Ill.”, “Shelby County, Illinois”, “Shelby ilçesi, IL”, “Shelby ilçesi, Ill.”, and “Shelby ilçesi, Illinois”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shelbyville and Clarksburg.

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Shelby

Latitude
39.3665° or 39° 21′ 59″ north
Longitude
-88.7886° or 88° 47′ 19″ west
Population
21,000
Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)
Open location code
86FH9686+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Shelby” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shelby County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة شيلبي”
  • Armenian: “Շելբի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Shelby”
  • Basque: “Shelby konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County”
  • Belarusian: “Шэлбі (акруга, Ілінойс)”
  • Belarusian: “Шэлбі”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলবী কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলবী কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Шелби”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Shelby”
  • Cebuano: “Shelby County”
  • Chechen: “Шелби (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Шелби”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比縣”
  • Dutch: “Shelby County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Shelby”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Shelby”
  • Estonian: “Shelby maakond”
  • Finnish: “Shelbyn piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Shelby”
  • French: “Comté de Shelby”
  • Georgian: “შელბის ოლქი”
  • German: “Shelby County”
  • Gilaki: “شل‌بای ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “شل‌بای ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Σέλμπι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σέλμπι”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז שלבי”
  • Hungarian: “Shelby megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Shelby”
  • Italian: “contea di Shelby”
  • Italian: “Contea di Shelby”
  • Japanese: “シェルビー郡”
  • Korean: “셸비군”
  • Latin: “Shelby Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Shelby County”
  • Mazanderani: “شل‌بای شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “شل‌بای شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Shelby Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shelby Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County”
  • Norwegian: “Shelby County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شل‌بای، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شل‌بای”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Shelby”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby”
  • Russian: “Шелби”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shelby County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Шелби”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County”
  • Slovenian: “Shelby County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Shelby”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County”
  • Tatar: “Шелби (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Шелби”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Шелбі”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County”
  • Western Panjabi: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Clarksburg and Middlesworth.

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Highlights: Langley Pond and Mount Hermon Church.

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