Shelby County

Shelby County is the name of nine counties in the United States of America, all named for Isaac Shelby of Kentucky. The Shelby County name gained fame in C.W. McCall's song "Classified". The largest county by population bearing the name is the one in Tennessee, which is also the largest in the state (Shelby County contains Memphis).


 * Shelby County, Alabama
 * Shelby County, Illinois, county seat: Shelbyville, Illinois
 * Shelby County, Indiana, county seat: Shelbyville, Indiana
 * Shelby County, Iowa
 * Shelby County, Kentucky, county seat: Shelbyville, Kentucky
 * Shelby County, Missouri, county seat: Shelbyville, Missouri
 * Shelby County, Ohio
 * Shelby County, Tennessee
 * Shelby County, Texas

Other uses
A shortened term for future U.S. Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder