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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.
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Shelby County was organized April 1, 1822.
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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.
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Shelbyville is the County Seat. 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.
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According to the Society of Indiana Pioneers, an individual was a pioneer
of our county if they resided here on or before December 31, 1830.
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Indiana automobile License Plates issued in Shelby County start with the
prefix 73 because it is the seventy-third county in alphabetical listing.
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