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Shelby

Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,746. The county seat is . Its name is in honor of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky.
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  • Type: County with 11,700 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Shelby County”, “Shelby County, IA”, and “Shelby County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlan.

Town
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is a city and the county seat of Shelby County, Iowa, along the . The population was 4,893 at the time of the 2020 census.

Shelby

Latitude
41.6682° or 41° 40′ 6″ north
Longitude
-95.3164° or 95° 18′ 59″ west
Population
11,700
Elevation
1,201 feet (366 metres)
Open location code
86H6MM9M+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955534
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4876117
Wiki­data ID
Q485491
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Shelby” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shelby County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة شيلبي”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه شيلبي، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Շելբի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Shelby”
  • Basque: “Shelby konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Shelby County”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলবী কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “শেলবী কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Шелби”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Shelby”
  • Catalan: “Shelby County”
  • Cebuano: “Shelby County”
  • Chechen: “Шелби (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Шелби”
  • Chinese: “Shelby Kūn”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比縣 (愛阿華州)”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比縣”
  • Chinese: “謝爾比郡”
  • Chinese: “谢尔比县”
  • Danish: “Shelby County”
  • Dutch: “Shelby County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Shelby”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Shelby”
  • Esperanto: “Shelby County”
  • Estonian: “Shelby maakond”
  • Finnish: “Shelbyn piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Shelby”
  • French: “Comté de Shelby”
  • Georgian: “შელბის ოლქი”
  • German: “Shelby County”
  • Gilaki: “شل‌بای ٚ شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • 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”
  • Low German: “Shelby County”
  • Mazanderani: “شل‌بای شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “شل‌بای شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Shelby Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shelby Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County i Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shelby County”
  • Norwegian: “Shelby County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شل‌بای، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شل‌بای”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Shelby”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Shelby”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Shelby”
  • Russian: “Шелби”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Shelby County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Шелби”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shelby County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Shelby”
  • Slovenian: “Shelby County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shelby (Iowa)”
  • Spanish: “condado de Shelby”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Shelby”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Shelby County”
  • Tatar: “Шелби (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Шелби”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Shelby County”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Shelby ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Шелбі”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “شیلبی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Shelby”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Shelby”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Shelby”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Shelby County”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Shelby, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Shelby”
  • Western Panjabi: “شلبی کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Western Panjabi: “شلبی کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shelby County Speedway and North Park.

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