Shelby County, Kentucky

Founding: 1792
Parent county: Jefferson

Namesake: Isaac Shelby, Kentucky governor
Seat: Shelbyville (1792–)

Land area: 380 square miles

Population (2020): 48,065

Population (historic): 8,191 (1800); 17,768 (1840); 15,733 (1870); 18,340 (1900); 17,679 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1870s; 1890s; 1910s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,411 (8.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 26%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,673
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,128
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,709
Average farm size (1920): 77.6 acres
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Shelbyville

Namesake: Isaac Shelby, Kentucky governor

Founding: 1792 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,282

Population (historic): 262 (1800); 446 (1840); 2,180 (1870); 3,016 (1900); 4,033 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1792–1830; 1850–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 580 (9.8%)
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