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COURTHOUSE INFO:

County Courthouse
PO BOX 230
Shelbyville, IL 62565-0230
Phone: (217)774-4421
Website: http://www.shelbycounty-il.com

SHORT HISTORY
Shelby County was formed in 1827 out of Fayette County. It was named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky and participant in the American Revolutionary War.
 

County Seat: Shelbyville
Year Organized: 1827
Square Miles: 758.52
Size of Board: 22



 

 

ADJACENT COUNTIES:

1 - Macon County - to the north
2 - Moultrie County - to the northeast
3 - Coles County - to the east
4 - Cumberland County - to the east
5 - Effingham County - to the south
6 - Fayette County - to the south
7 - Montgomery County - to the southwest
8 - Christian County - to the west


Cities & Towns

Cowden
Findlay
Herrick
Moweaqua
Oconee
Shelbyville
Sigel
Stewardson
Strasburg
Tower Hill
Windsor

Townships:
Ash Grove
Big Spring
Clarksburg
Cold Spring
Dry Point
Flat Branch
Herrick
Holland
Lakewood
Moweaqua
Oconee
Okaw
Penn
Pickaway
Prairie
Richland
Ridge
Rose
Rural
Shelbyville
Sigel
Todds Point
Tower Hill
Windsor


Unincorporated communities
Dollville
Duvall
Fancher
Henton
Herborn
Hinton
Kingman
Middlesworth
Mode
Radford
Westervelt
Yantisville
Lakewood
Rennerville

 

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