Shelby

Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,065. Its county seat is . The county was established in 1792 and named for Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky.
  • County with about 48,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 760 feet (230 metres)
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States of America
  • Also known as
    “Shelby County”
    “Shelby County, Kentucky”
    “Shelby County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shelby County Public Library and Shelby County High School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shelbyville.
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Latitude
38.2216° or 38° 13′ 18″ north
Longitude
-85.2111° or 85° 12′ 40″ west
Open location code
86CP6QCQ+JG
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Satellite Map

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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, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলবী কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলবী কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Шелби”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Shelby”
  • Cebuano: “Shelby County”
  • Chechen: “Шелби (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Шелби”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比縣”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比郡”
  • Chinese: “谢尔比县”
  • Dutch: “Shelby County”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Shelby”
  • Estonian: “Shelby maakond”
  • Finnish: “Shelbyn piirikunta”
  • French: “Comté de Shelby”
  • Ganda: “Shelby County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Shelby County”
  • Georgian: “შელბის ოლქი”
  • German: “Shelby County”
  • Gilaki: “شلبی ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “شلبی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σέλμπι”
  • Hungarian: “Shelby megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Shelby”
  • Italian: “Contea di Shelby”
  • Japanese: “シェルビー郡”
  • Korean: “셸비군”
  • Low German: “Shelby County”
  • Mazanderani: “شلبی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Shelby Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shelby Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County”
  • Norwegian: “Shelby County”
  • Ossetian: “Шелби (зылд, Кентукки)”
  • Ossetian: “Шелби”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شلبی، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شلبی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Shelby”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby”
  • Russian: “Шелби”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shelby County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Шелби”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Shelby”
  • Slovenian: “Shelby County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شلبی بؤلگه‌سی، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County”
  • Tatar: “Шелби (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Шелби”
  • Tumbuka: “Shelby County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Shelby County”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Шелбі”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County”
  • Western Panjabi: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Martinsville and Veachland.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Snow Hill and Tim McClure Botanical Garden.

Kentucky: Highlights

Learn more about Frankfort and Louisville.
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