SHELBYVILLE

city, seat (1822) of Shelby county, central Indiana, U.S. It lies along the forks of the Big Blue and Little Blue rivers, 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Indianapolis. Laid out in 1822 as the county seat, it was named for Isaac Shelby, American Revolutionary War hero and the first governor of Kentucky. The state's first railroad, completed in 1834 in Shelbyville, was a horse-drawn conveyance on wooden tracks put into operation by Judge W.J. Peasley. The city is an agricultural trade centre in the heart of the state's corn (maize) belt and has some light manufactures, notably electrical and heating equipment, glass fibre, and paper-plastics. Inc. 1850. Pop. (1990) 15,347; (1994 est.) 17,445. city, seat (1809) of Bedford county, south-central Tennessee, U.S. It lies along the Duck River, some 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Nashville. Laid out in 1810, it was named for Colonel Isaac Shelby, the American Revolutionary War leader of a force of riflemen against the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780). It developed as a trading centre for the agricultural produce of the Duck River valley. Shelbyville, which lies in a bluegrass region, is a horse breeding and training centre and holds the annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in August. The city's light manufactures include clothing and truck transmissions. Inc. 1819. Pop. (1990) 14,049; (1994 est.) 15,680.