Shelbyville, Kentucky City of Shelbyville Location of Shelbyville, Kentucky Location of Shelbyville, Kentucky State Kentucky County Shelby Shelbyville is a home rule-class town/city in and the governmental center of county of Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. The populace was 14,045 at the 2010 census. The town of Shelbyville was established in October 1792 at the first meeting of the Shelby County Court after small-town landowner William Shannon agreed to lay off 50 acres (20 ha) of his property for the improve and furnish 1 acre no-charge for enhance buildings. The grant ensured that Shelbyville clean water close-by Squire Boone's Station would turn into the seat of Shelby County. The agricultural town was positioned on the west bank of Clear Creek at its confluence with Mulberry Creek and near a route between Louisville and Frankfort.
The Shelbyville Academy was established in 1798 at Eighth and Washington; it became Shelby College and moved to College Street in 1836, affiliated with the Episcopal Church in 1841, changed its name to St.
The Shelbyville Female Seminary was established in 1839 and moved to its longtime residence at Seventh and Main in 1846; it became the Shelbyville Female Institute in 1849, the Presbyterian Stuart's Female College in 1851, the Shelbyville Female College in 1868, and the Baptist Shelbyville College from 1890 until its closure in 1912. The Louisville and Shelbyville Turnpike was instead of in the 1830s, following a ridgeline path between the two sites dating back to the Indians. After the Louisville and Frankfort Railroad was constructed near the road in present-day Cherokee Gardens in 1849, the turnpike business rerouted and constructed a new road close-by (originally known as the "Shelbyville Branch", now Lexington Avenue in Louisville) which was instead of in 1851. See also: Louisville, Kentucky, in the American Civil War and Kentucky in the American Civil War Dave Martin attacked the Shelby County Courthouse, attempting to seize its cache of muskets.
In response to the slaughter of 35 Union cowboys by Confederate guerrillas in Shelby County and to William Clarke Quantrill's entrance into Kentucky, Gen.
John Palmer placed 30 members of the Shelby County Home Guard and its captain Edwin Terrell on the federal payroll on April 1, 1865.
The men roamed Shelby and its encircling counties, persecuting Confederate guerrillas and Southern sympathizers.
The Shelbyville trustees aimed to encourage them to stay close to the city, though, paying their hotel bills when they were in town.
Terrell was transferred to Taylorsville to be tried for a separate shooting, but broke jail with two companions on May 26 and returned to Shelbyville to go drinking in its saloons.
The Shelby Railroad Company connected the town to Anchorage in 1870, reaching the mainline of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad.
Downtown Shelbyville period and attained many large, ornate buildings, especially amid the stone following a large fire in 1909.
Following the Spanish American War, 116 men from Shelbyville made up Company C of the 161st Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which made up part of the occupation force in Cuba.
Interstate 64 was assembled 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the town/city in 1960 and helped the region turn into more industrialized; there are now three industrialized parks on the west side of the city.
Shelbyville is positioned at 38 12 44 N 85 13 33 W (38.212160, -85.225847), on U.S.
60 near the center of Shelby County and north of Interstate 64.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.6 square miles (20 km2), of which 7.6 square miles (20 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.92%) is water.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Shelbyville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 10,085 citizens , 3,822 homeholds, and 2,549 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 74.97% White, 16.35% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.33% Pacific Islander, 4.99% from other competitions, and 2.51% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,822 homeholds out of which 35.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.6% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Shelbyville is known as the Saddlebred Capital of the World. The town/city also holds an annual horse show, which is visited by many famous citizens including William Shatner.
Shelbyville has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International: See also: List of citizens from the Louisville urbane region Martha Layne Collins, former Governor of Kentucky, family moved to Shelbyville when she was in sixth undertaking Alice Hegan Rice, author; born in Shelbyville Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, lived in Shelbyville from 1960 until his death in 1980 Shelby County High School ^ a b Shelby County, Kentucky, Tourism Commission and Visitors Bureau.
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^ a b Shelby County Historical Society.
Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky.
^ "Climate Summary for Shelbyville, Kentucky".
^ "Online directory: Kentucky, USA".
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