Shelbyville, Indiana
| Shelbyville, Indiana | |
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| City | |
Aerial photo of Shelbyville
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| Motto: "Pride in Progress" | |
 Location in the state of Indiana |
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| Coordinates: 39°31′19″N 85°46′35″W / 39.52194°N 85.77639°WCoordinates: 39°31′19″N 85°46′35″W / 39.52194°N 85.77639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Shelby |
| Township | Addison |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tom DeBaun (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.84 sq mi (30.67 km2) |
| • Land | 11.56 sq mi (29.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.28 sq mi (0.73 km2) 2.36% |
| Elevation | 764 ft (233 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 19,191 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 19,159 |
| • Density | 1,660.1/sq mi (641.0/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 46176 |
| Area code(s) | 317 |
| FIPS code | 18-69318 |
| GNIS feature ID | 443347 |
| Interstate Highways | |
| U.S. Highways | |
| Major State Roads | |
| Waterways | Little Blue River, Big Blue River |
| Airports | Shelbyville Municipal Airport |
| Website | http://www.cityofshelbyvillein.com/ |
Shelbyville is a city in Addison Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana and is the county seat. The population was 19,191 as of the 2010 census.
In 1818, the land that would become Shelbyville was ceded to the United States by the Miami tribe in the Treaty of St. Mary's. Also in 1818, the backwoodsman Jacob Whetzel and a party cut a trail through this "New Purchase" from the Whitewater River at Laurel due west to the White River at Waverly. This trail became known as Whetzel's Trace and was the first east-west road into the New Purchase of central Indiana. Whetzel's Trace was cut just 4 miles north of site of Shelbyville and proved important in the settlement of Shelby County.
Shelbyville was platted in 1822. Shelbyville was named in honor of Isaac Shelby, the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. The town incorporated January 21, 1850.
The Shelbyville post office has been in operation since 1823.
The city charter received at that time was destroyed in the City Hall fire on January 1, 1928.
A railroad was built connecting Shelbyville to Indianapolis in the late 1830s, the first railroad in the state, that later expanded to connect to Madison and Jeffersonville.
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