Shelby, Indiana

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Shelby, Indiana
Census-designated place
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Looking north into Shelby from the State Road 55 bridge across the Kankakee River, March 2007
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Location in Lake County, Indiana
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Shelby
Coordinates: 41°11′36″N87°20′34″W / 41.19333°N 87.34278°W / 41.19333; -87.34278
Country United States
State Indiana
County Lake
Township Cedar Creek
Platted1886
Area
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 • Total1.29 sq mi (3.33 km2)
 • Land1.29 sq mi (3.33 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
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643 ft (196 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total453
 • Density351.98/sq mi (135.86/km2)
ZIP code
46377
Area code 219
FIPS code 18-69246 [3]
GNIS feature ID2631625 [2]

Shelby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana. Shelby had a population of 453 at the 2020 census.

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History

Shelby was laid out and platted in 1886 by William R. Shelby, when the railroad was extended to that point. [4]

Geography

Shelby lies in the southeast corner of Cedar Creek Township, bordered to the south by the Kankakee River, which forms the Newton County line. Directly across the river is the unincorporated community of Thayer. Shelby is 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Lowell, 6 miles (10 km) east of Schneider and 10 miles (16 km) west of DeMotte.

Indiana State Road 55 crosses the Kankakee River at Shelby, making one of the few Kanakee River crossings from Lake County. Shelby, along other small Kankakee River communities, has historically had to contend with periodic flooding from the Kankakee River. [5]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Shelby CDP has an area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), all of it recorded as land. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010 539—
2020 453−16.0%
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Economy

Whiteco Industries, an Indiana business which, with its affiliates, is engaged in advertising (particularly billboard advertising) in Indiana, and in ownership of hotels, grew along with Dean White from a small advertising business in Shelby. [5] The successor to the Shelby location of Whiteco's business (in this location making graphics for commercial vehicles), Modagraphics, closed its doors, however, in 1993, as a result of a consolidation within its new parent company from Illinois. [5]

Education

Students from Shelby attend schools operated by the Tri-Creek School Corporation in Lowell, Indiana.The school that was there was changed into a park.

The movie Now and Then is set in Shelby, Indiana, but the Shelby of the movie is fictional. The movie is actually based on the town of Winchester, Indiana.

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shelby, Indiana
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 141.
  5. 1 2 3 White sad at closing of Shelby plant where success story / nwi.com
  6. ↑ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ Berggoetz, Barb. "Lifetime of stuttering spurs former race car driver Leon Sirois to help youth". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved December 27, 2013.
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