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:
“Don’t you know there are 200 temperance women in this county who control 200 votes. Why does a woman work for temperance? Because she’s tired of liftin’ that besotted mate of hers off the floor every Saturday night and puttin’ him on the sofa so he won’t catch cold. Tonight we’re for temperance. Help yourself to them cloves and chew them, chew them hard. We’re goin’ to that festival tonight smelling like a hot mince pie.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)