Shelby County, Kentucky Basics:


Shelby County Kentucky - Government Site

Population: 43,604
Area: 380 square miles
County seat: Shelbyville
Area code(s) in use: 502
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%
Median household income: $56,267
Persons in poverty: 12.4%
Home ownership rate: 71.1%
Mean travel time to work: 24.4 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Anderson  Franklin  Henry  Jefferson  Oldham  Spencer  

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Map of the Shelby County area


Our detail map of Shelby County shows the Shelby County, Kentucky boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Shelby County, Kentucky

  Airports     show all on map

Flying C Farms Airport, Hemp Ridge Airport, Miles Field Airport, Rooster Field Airport, Willow Island Airpark

  Bends     show all on map

Beaver Dam Bend, Popes Corner

  Bridges     show all on map

Three Mile Bridge

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Bagdad Fire Protection, Bagdad Fire Protection District Station 2, East 60 Volunteer Fire Department, Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women, Mount Eden Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, Paddy Hen Light, Shelby County Emergency Medical Services, Shelby County Fire Department, Shelby County Fire Department Station 2, Shelby County Fire Department Station 3, Shelby County Fire Department Station 4, Shelby County Fire Department Station 5, Shelbyville Fire Department, Shelbyville Fire Dept, Simpsonville Fire Department, Simpsonville Rural Fire District, Simpsonville Rural Fire Protection District Station 3, The Old Masons Home of Kentucky, Waddy Volunteer Fire Department

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Antioch Cemetery, Beech Creek Cemetery, Beech Ridge Cemetery, Buck Creek Cemetery, Carpenter Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Flat Rock Cemetery, Gill Cemetery, Grove Hill Cemetery, Hebron Cemetery, Magruder Cemetery, Picketts Cemetery, Saffell Calvary Cemetery

  Churches     show all on map

Antioch Christian Church (historical), Beech Ridge Baptist Church, Beechwood Church (historical), Bethel Baptist Church (historical), Buck Creek Baptist Church (historical), Buffalo Lick Church, Burks Branch Church, Clear Creek Baptist Church (historical), Cold Church (historical), Dover Baptist Church, Finchville Christian Church (historical), Flat Rock Christian Church (historical), Fox Run Baptist Church (historical), Hebron Church (historical), Indian Fork Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Mount Vernon Church, Mulberry Church (historical), Olive Branch United Methodist Church, Olivet Presbyterian Church (historical), Pinhook Church (historical), Pleasant Grove Church (historical), Pleasant View Church, Pleasant View Church (historical), Rockbridge Church, Salem Church, Salem Church (historical), Shiloh Church, Union Grove Church (historical)

  Dams     show all on map

Cedarmore Lake Dam (historical)

  Hospitals     show all on map

Jewish Hospital

  Lakes     show all on map

Guist Creek Lake

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Bagdad Railroad Station (historical), Ballard Station (historical), Boulware Railroad Stop (historical), Brackett Owen Station (historical), Buck Creek Station (historical), Captain Samuel Wells Station (historical), Cedarmore Camp, Chestnut Grove Grange Hall (historical), Christiansburg Depot (historical), Clark Railroad Station (historical), Consolation Railroad Station (historical), Croppers Depot (historical), Cross Keys Tavern (historical), Finchs Railroad Station (historical), Floyds Fork Railroad Station (historical), Gath Railroad Station (historical), Hansbrough Railroad Station (historical), Helms Mill (historical), Hemp Ridge Railroad Station (historical), Herrington Mills (historical), Humes Station (historical), Lincolnfellow Hill, Lynchs Station (historical), Mulberry Railroad Station (historical), Newlands Station (historical), North Benson Railroad Station (historical), Painted Stone Station (historical), Pickett Railroad Station (historical), Rattle Trap, Scotts Station, Shelby County Baptist Camp, Shelby County Country Club, Shelby County Poor House (historical), Taggart Railroad Station (historical), Tylers Pioneer Station (historical), Veech Railroad Station (historical), Veechdale Railroad Station (historical), Vigo Railroad Station (historical), Whitakers Station (historical), Zaring Mill (historical)

  Parks     show all on map

Armstrong Hotel Historical Marker, Brentlawn Race Course (historical), Clear Creek Park, Guist Creek Lake State Park, Jepthas Knob Historical Marker, Lewis and Clark Historical Marker, Major Bland W Ballard Historical Marker, Science Hill School Historical Marker, Thelma L Stovall Historical Marker

  Populated Places     show all on map

Bagdad, Chestnut Grove, Christianburg, Clay Village, Colletts (historical), Conner, Consolation, Cropper, Defoe, Elmburg, Figgs, Finchville, Flat Rock (historical), Graefenburg, Harrisonville, Hatton, Hemp Ridge, Hooper, Jacksonville, Joyes, Junte, L S Park, Lincoln Ridge, Middletown Heights, Montclair, Mulberry, North Benson Hills (historical), Old Christianburg, Olive Branch, Peytona, Pleasureville, Raymond Hill, Shelbyville, Simpsonville, Southville, Sunnyside (historical), Todds Point, Veachland, Veech, Veechdale, Waddy

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Baileys Store Post Office (historical), Bayard Post Office (historical), Boulware Post Office (historical), Chestnut Grove Post Office (historical), Christiansburgh Post Office (historical), Clay Village Post Office (historical), Consolation Post Office (historical), Cropper Post Office (historical), Elmburg Post Office (historical), Figgs Post Office (historical), Floyds Fork Post Office (historical), Harrisonville Post Office (historical), Hatton Post Office (historical), Helmsville Post Office (historical), Hempridge Post Office (historical), Jesses Store Post Office (historical), Lawrence Post Office (historical), Lincoln Ridge Post Office (historical), Mitchell Post Office (historical), Nugent Post Office (historical), Peytona Post Office (historical), Scotts Station Post Office (historical), Scrabble Post Office (historical), Simpsonville Post Office, Sixmile Post Office (historical), Todds Point Post Office (historical), Veachland Post Office (historical), Veechdale Post Office (historical), Zilpa Post Office (historical)

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Cedarmore Lake (historical), Harbisons Pond, Shelby Lake, Todds Pond, Trailwood Lake

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Cat Ridge, Pea Ridge

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Ashland School (historical), Bagdad School (historical), Beech Ridge School (historical), Beechwood School (historical), Buck Creek School, Burks Branch School (historical), Camden School (historical), Cat Ridge School (historical), Dalton School (historical), Dixie School (historical), Elmburg School (historical), Falling Rock School (historical), Finchville School (historical), Gleneyrie School, Graves School (historical), Heritage Elementary School, Little Benson School (historical), Locust Grove School (historical), Lone Oak School Number Fourteen (historical), Mount Eden School, Mulberry School, Pea Ridge School (historical), Rockbridge School (historical), Sandusky School (historical), School Number Fifty-Nine (historical), School Number Five (historical), School Number Thirty-Seven (historical), School Number Thirty-Two (historical), School Number Twenty-Five (historical), School Number Twenty-One (historical), Shelby Academy (historical), Sleadd School (historical), South Side School, Sulphur Springs School (historical), Upper Burks Branch School (historical), Waddy High School (historical), Waddy School (historical), Walnut Grove School (historical), Whitney M. Young Jr. Residential Manpower Center, Wolf Run School (historical), Woodlawn School (historical)

  Springs     show all on map

Oakland Spring, Wall Spring (historical)

  Streams     show all on map

Andrews Branch, Back Creek, Ballard Branch, Beaver Dam Creek, Bethel Branch, Big Long Run, Big Run, Bold Run, Bradshaw Creek, Britton Run, Bullskin Creek, Burg Creek, Burks Branch, Clear Creek, Dry Run, Dutch Fork, East Clear Creek, East Fork Backbone Creek, Fibles Run, Fox Run, Gathright Branch, Goose Creek, Goose Creek, Guist Creek, Indian Fork, Jeptha Creek, Junkins Run, Lick Fork, Little Bullskin Creek, Little Flat Creek, Little Jeptha Creek, Lutz Run, Meadow Run, Mink Run, Mulberry Creek, Rattlesnake Branch, Red River, Sweet Home Branch, Tick Creek, Waddy Branch, Watts Branch, Wise Run, Wolf Run

  Summits     show all on map

Jeptha Knob, Jeptha Knob, Snow Hill

  Towers     show all on map

WCKP-FM (Shelbyville), WCND-AM (Shelbyville), WCND-AM (Shelbyville),

Shelby County, Kentucky Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteShelby County White population 38,80838,807  
BlackShelby County Black population 3,3143,313
MixedShelby County Mixed population 872872
AsianShelby County Asian population 349348
American IndianShelby County American Indian population 218218
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderShelby County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 8787

Additional population tables :
State population table
Kentucky population by county