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10 unusual facts about Shelby County


Frank Hamilton Short

Soon after Short's birth in Shelby County, Missouri, his father died from drinking poisoned water while engaged in the American Civil War.

James W. Adams

James W. Adams of Southville, Kentucky was a carpenter, builder, and designer in south central Shelby County, Kentucky.

Louis Dubose

Under Dubose's editorship, the Spectator has covered Washington politics and dateline stories from places around the United States ranging from Helena, Montana, to Shelby County, Alabama, to Port Arthur, Texas.

Oak Mountain

There is also a Double Oak Mountain in Shelby County, Alabama, another southern spur of the Appalachian Mountains

Shelby County, Kentucky

His oldest, John Ketcham, moved to Indiana, become involved in politics, and laid the groundwork for the creation of Indiana University.

One of the earliest families to settle in Shelby County was that of Daniel Ketcham of Washington County, Maryland.

Shelby County, Ohio

The Algonquian-speaking Shawnee Native Americans had come into the area in the 18th century, displacing the Ojibwa-speaking Ottawa of the Anishinaabeg, a related language group who moved northwest.

Shelby County, Texas

In 2012, Christian was defeated for renomination by current Representative Chris Paddie.

Shelby Iron Company

Horace Ware was also able to acquire timberland and hematite ore properties throughout Shelby County.

William Miller Jenkins

Jenkins and his wife removed to Shelby County, Iowa, in 1880 where he was admitted to the bar in 1883.


Leptoxis ampla

The round rocksnail was historically found in the Cahaba River and the Little Cahaba River, Bibb County, Alabama; and the Coosa River, Elmore County, Alabama, and tributaries—Big Canoe and Kelly's creeks, St. Clair County, Alabama; Ohatchee Creek, Calhoun County, Alabama; Yellowleaf Creek, Shelby County, Alabama; and Waxahatchee Creek, Shelby/Chilton counties, Alabama.

Michigan Road

From Madison it went north through Ripley and Jefferson counties straight to Napoleon, Indiana, and from there straight through Shelby County, Indiana to Indianapolis.

Ophelia Ford

She is the younger sister of former state senator John Ford and former Congressman Harold Ford, Sr., and the aunt of former Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. She represents Senate District 29, located in northwestern Shelby County.

Shelby Farms

In 2007, an agreement was signed between the Shelby County Mayor A.C. Wharton and the SFPA, forming the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy (SFPC), a public and private non-profit partnership established by Shelby County government to help provide day-to-day operations of the park and to develop a planning process for the future of Shelby Farms park.

From 1929 until 1964 Shelby Farms was used as a penal farm, in which the prisoners of the Shelby County Corrections Center were involved in agricultural labor to provide food for inmates and staff, or to sell overproduction for profit on behalf of the state of Tennessee.

Steve McManus

Steve McManus is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 10th district, encompassing Cordova and part of Shelby County.