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Shelby, North Carolina

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The city of Shelby is located in Cleveland County and is the county seat.

Shelby is 270 feet [82.3 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Shelby lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Shelby had a population of 19,477 people<2> (or 20.17% of the total population of Cleveland County). The population of Shelby represented 0.24% of the total of North Carolina, making it the state's 37th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Shelby had a population of 21,449 people. This is an increase of 10.12% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Shelby.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200821,449+10.12%+0.54% since 2007
200721,334+9.53%+0.44% since 2006
200621,240+9.05%+0.63% since 2005
200521,107+8.37% 
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200019,477The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Belwood   N13 mi [20.92 km]1,0185.82% increase
 Bessemer City   E14 mi [22.53 km]5,5628.65% increase
 Boiling Springs   W7 mi [11.27 km]3,8810.39% increase
 Cherryville   NE11 mi [17.7 km]5,6274.96% increase
 Forest City   W18 mi [28.97 km]7,1724.99% decrease
 Grover   SE9 mi [14.48 km]6970.14% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Shelby.

Websites for Shelby

Official Website:   www.cityofshelby.com/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.clevelandchamber.org/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Shelby or Cleveland County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Shelby. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Shelby:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Shelby? Please visit the Map Page for Shelby.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shelby - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Shelby.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Shelby and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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