Shelby County, Missouri

Shelby County
Shelby County
County
	Shelby County Courthouse in Shelbyville
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 39°47′N 92°04′W / 39.79°N 92.07°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 2, 1835
Named for	Isaac Shelby
Seat	Shelbyville
Largest city	Shelbina
Area
• Total	502 sq mi (1,300 km2)
• Land	501 sq mi (1,300 km2)
• Water	1.5 sq mi (4 km2) 0.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	6,103
• Density	12/sq mi (4.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th

Shelby County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,103.^[1] Its county seat is Shelbyville.^[2] The county was established on January 2, 1835, and named for Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky.^[3]

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 364.