Shelby County, Indiana

Founding: 1822
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Isaac Shelby, Kentucky governor
Seat: Shelbyville (1822–)

Land area: 411 square miles

Population (2020): 45,055

Population (historic): 6,295 (1830); 19,569 (1860); 25,257 (1880); 26,491 (1900); 26,552 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1910; 1920s; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; one CDP; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,686 (24.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,539
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,349

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,660
Average farm size (1920): 83.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Kentucky, Germany, and North Carolina

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Shelbyville

Namesake: Shelbyville, Kentucky

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 20,067

Population (historic): 446 (1840); 1,960 (1860); 3,745 (1880); 7,169 (1900); 10,618 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,207 (25.9%)

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