Shelby County is the name of nine counties in the United States of America, all named for Isaac Shelby of Kentucky. The Shelby County name gained fame in C.W. McCall's song "Classified". The largest county by population bearing the name is the one in Tennessee, which is also the largest in the state (Shelby County contains Memphis).
- Shelby County, Alabama
- Shelby County, Illinois, county seat: Shelbyville, Illinois
- Shelby County, Indiana, county seat: Shelbyville, Indiana
- Shelby County, Iowa
- Shelby County, Kentucky, county seat: Shelbyville, Kentucky
- Shelby County, Missouri, county seat: Shelbyville, Missouri
- Shelby County, Ohio
- Shelby County, Tennessee
- Shelby County, Texas
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Famous quotes containing the word county:
“In the county there are thirty-seven churches
and no butcher shop. This could be taken
as a matter of all form and no content.”
—Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)
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