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Shelby

Shelby County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 929,744. It is the largest of the state's 95 counties, both in terms of population and geographic area.
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  • Type: County with 930,000 residents
  • Description: county in Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Shelby County”, “Shelby County, Tennessee”, and “Shelby County, TN”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.

Prison
The is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates located in . It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.

Hospital
is a 706-bed general hospital in .

Church
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The is a Presbyterian Church in America in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bartlett and Ellendale.

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is a city in metropolitan , . It has several buildings of historic interest, and a walkable Historic District". In 2018, the population of was almost 60,000.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, , United States, in the .

Town
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is a community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. lies east of , north of , south of , and northwest of at an elevation of 361 feet.

Shelby

Latitude
35.1783° or 35° 10′ 42″ north
Longitude
-89.874° or 89° 52′ 26″ west
Population
930,000
Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)
Open location code
867G54HG+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316993898
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4657046
Wiki­data ID
Q501602
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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”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şelbi”
  • Basque: “Shelby konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County, Tennessee”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County”
  • Belarusian: “Шэлбі”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলভি কাউন্টি, টেনেসি”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলভি কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Шелби”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Shelby”
  • Cebuano: “Shelby County”
  • Chechen: “Шелби (гуо, Теннесси)”
  • Chechen: “Шелби”
  • Chinese: “Shelby Kūn”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比縣”
  • Chinese: “谢尔比县”
  • Dutch: “Shelby County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة شيلبى، تينيسى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة شيلبى”
  • 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: “شلبی ٚ شأرستان (تنسي)”
  • Gilaki: “شلبی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Shelby County, Tennessee”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σέλμπι, Τενεσί”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Σέλμπι”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Σέλμπι”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז שלבי”
  • Hungarian: “Shelby megye”
  • Inari Sami: “Shelby pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Irish: “Contae Shelby, Tennessee”
  • 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: “شلبی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Shelby Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shelby Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County i Tennessee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County”
  • Norwegian: “Shelby County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شلبی، تنسی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شلبی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Shelby”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby, Tennessee”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby”
  • Russian: “Шелби”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shelby County”
  • Serbian: “Shelby County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Шелби”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County, Tennessee”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Shelby”
  • Slovenian: “Shelby County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shelby (Tennessee)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County, Tennessee”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County”
  • Tatar: “Шелби (округ, Теннесси)”
  • Tatar: “Шелби”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, Tenn.”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, Tennessee”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, TN”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, Tenn.”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, Tennessee”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, TN”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Шелбі”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی، ٹینیسی”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby, Tennessee”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby, Tennessee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County, Tennessee”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County”
  • Western Panjabi: “شلبی کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Shelby”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Elmore Park and Shelby Farms.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sycamore View Church of Christ and Grace Community Church.

Tennessee: Must-Visit Destinations

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