Shelby County Development Corporation

Dan Theobald, Executive Director

317-398-8903  |  d.theobald@shelbydevelopment.com  |  WEBSITE

     
 
Shelbyville Business and Industry

Shelbyville’s historic vitality can be attributed to its role as a manufacturing community.  Once unrivaled in productivity, particularly in the furniture industry as local businesses benefited from an abundance of forest timber, Shelbyville has experienced tremendous commercial change during the past 50 years.  Today, Shelbyville is a regional manufacturing center with a variety of industries and businesses provide thousands of opportunities for area workers, several of Shelbyville’s top employers are multinational, and the community boasts that it is home to several Japanese and European owned operations.

Shelby County  

Shelby County was created on April 1, 1822 and was formed from Delaware New Purchase.

The County was named for Gen. Isaac Shelby, who defeated the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780, became Governor of Kentucky, and defeated the British at the decisive Battle of the Thames in 1813. Shelby County was formerly a part of Delaware County and was occupied by the Miami Indianas, though was vacated by them before the organization of the county.

The County Seat is Shelbyville. By 1849 it contained 182 dwelling houses (16 were brick, 46 were 2-story and 2 even had 3-stories), 11 stores and groceries, 22 mechanics shops, two churches and two mills and a population of about 900.

Shelby County is divided into 14 Civil Townships as follows: Addison, Brandywine, Hanover, Hendricks, Jackson, Liberty, Marion, Moral, Noble, Shelby, Sugar Creek, Union, Van Buren and Washington.

Cities, Towns and Communities include Bengal, Blue Ridge, Boggstown, Brookfield, Camp Flat Rock, Candleglo Village, Clover Village, Crestmoor, Fairland, Fenns, Flat Rock, Fountaintown, Freeport, Geneva, Gwynneville, Green Meadows, Hildebrand Village, Knighthood Village, Lewis Creek, London, Marietta, Marion, Meiks, Meltzer, Middletown, Morristown, Mt. Auburn, Norristown, Pleasant View, Pleasure Valley, Prescott, Rays Crossing, Riley Village, St. Paul, Shelbyville, Smithland, Southeast Manor, Sugar Creek, Waldron, Walkerville, Willow Park and Wilson.

Shelby County Population – 44,186