Shelbyville, Indiana

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Coordinates: 39°31′19″N, 85°46′35″W
City of Shelbyville
Location in the state of Indiana
County	Shelby
Area
- City	23.3 km² (9.0 sq mi)
- Land	23.0 km² (8.9 sq mi)
- Water	0.3 km² (0.1 sq mi) 1.22%
Population (2000)
- City	17,951
- Density	781.4/km² (2,023.0/sq mi)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Shelbyville is a city in Shelby County, Indiana, United States. The population was 17,951 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Shelby County^GR6. The current mayor is Republican Scott Furgeson. The city was partially the setting and origin of the characters in the comedy film Say It Isn't So.

The April 17, 2006 issue of Time magazine featured a story on high school drop-outs, focusing primarily on Shelbyville. Oprah Winfrey also did a story in conjunction to the Time feature.

1 Geography
2 Education
3 Demographics
4 Trivia
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Geography

Shelbyville is located at 39°31′19″N, 85°46′35″W (39.521832, -85.776347)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.3 km² (9.0 mi²). 23.0 km² (8.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.22%) is water.

[edit] Education

Shelby County is home to Shelby Eastern Schools, Shelby Central Schools, Northwestern Consolidated Schools, and Southwestern School corporation.

Shelby Eastern Schools is made up of 2 sister schools, Morristown and Waldron. Both of these schools reside in the towns they are named after, and both consist of an elementary and a high school. They share similar building patterns and have roughly the same number of students.

Shelby Central Schools

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 17,951 people, 7,307 households, and 4,654 families residing in the city. The population density was 781.4/km² (2,023.0/mi²). There were 7,930 housing units at an average density of 345.2/km² (893.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.28% White, 1.58% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.16% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.90% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.91% of the population.

Shelbyville from the air.

There were 7,307 households out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 30.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,824, and the median income for a family was $46,379. Males had a median income of $34,550 versus $24,331 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,670. About 6.1% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.8% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Trivia

In the Marvel comics universe, Captain America's sidekick, Bucky was born here.
Shelbyville is the home to the world's tallest woman, Sandy Allen, and the 2nd oldest person, Edna Parker. Both reside at Shelbyville's Heritage House Convalescent Center.
Shelbyville was home to Victorian era author, Charles Major.
Shelbyville was the birthplace of three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Wilbur Shaw.
Shelbyville was the home of James Pierce, son-in-law of Edgar Rice Burroughs and one of the first actors to play Tarzan on film. He and his wife, Joan Burroughs are buried there, and their tombstones bear the inscription "Tarzan" and "Jane".
Near Shelbyville but in Marion County, the tiny town of Acton was the birthplace of Mary Tomlinson (aka Marjorie Main) who played the character "Ma Kettle" in several movies.
Shelbyville was the long-time home of Thomas Hendricks, the 21st Vice-President of the United States under Grover Cleveland (even if only for a few months).
Bill Garrett, Indiana Mr. Basketball of 1947 and first African-American basketball player in the Big Ten Conference, was born in Shelbyville and graduated from Shelbyville High School.
Lewis and Clark made a stop North of Shelbyville on 600 N while on their countrywide expedition. The house is not there anymore, but a stand is either erected or in the works.
Short-lived television comedy series "Maggie Winters" starring Faith Ford was based in Shelbyville in 1998-99. Ford played the title character and was also the show's executive producer. Brianna McConnell and Michael McKean also played major roles.