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Shelby County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 7, 1818
- Named after
- Isaac Shelby
- Seat
- Columbiana
- Largest city
- Alabaster
- Total
- 810 sq mi (2,100 km )
- Land
- 785 sq mi (2,030 km )
- Water
- 25 sq mi (65 km ) 3.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 238,552
- Density
- 284/sq mi (110/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .shelbyal .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelby County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 223,024, making it the sixth-most populous county in Alabama. The county seat is Columbiana. Its largest city is Alabaster. The county is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796 and again from 1812 to 1816. Shelby County is included in the Birmingham, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shelby County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.