Shelbyville, Tennessee Shelbyville, Tennessee Nickname(s): The Walking Horse Capital of the World and The Pencil City Location of Shelbyville, Tennessee Location of Shelbyville, Tennessee Shelbyville is a town/city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States.
It had a populace of 20,335 inhabitants at the 2010 census. Shelbyville, the governmental center of county of Bedford County, was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819.
The town is a core of the Tennessee Walking Horse trade and has been nicknamed "The Walking Horse Capital of the World".
Shelbyville is in Middle Tennessee on a Highland Rim limestone bluff upon the banks of Duck River, which flows around the southern and easterly sides of town. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 18.6 square miles (48.2 km2), all land. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Shelbyville is known as "The Pencil City" because of its historical importance as a center of wood-cased pencil manufacturing. It is still a site for manufacture of writing instruments.
Pencil and Stationery Company. Sanford Corporation produces the Sharpie, the world's top-selling writing instrument, in the city. It was in Shelbyville in 1991 that the world's longest pencil was produced, a plastic-cased pencil 1,091 feet (333 m) long, weighing 27 pounds (12 kg). Shelbyville is at the intersection of U.S.
Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration takes place each year amid the 11 days and evenings before to Labor Day.
It is the biggest show for the Tennessee Walking Horse, amid which the breed's World Grand Champion and over 20 World Champions are named.
The Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Shelbyville is one of 46 establishments in the Tennessee Board of Regents System, the seventh biggest fitness of college studies in the nation.
Shelbyville City Hall.
The City of Shelbyville, Tennessee Government consists of an propel mayor, six member propel town/city council, and appointed town/city manager. Shelbyville has two news media outlets, the Shelbyville Free Press and the Shelbyville Times-Gazette. The Shelbyville Free Press is a digital News Media Outlet offering the enhance a liberal voice and includes a multi-platform model in communications including a website, Facebook Page, Twitter, and a United States Press Agency Site. The SFP is a no-charge news supply and charges no subscription or advertising fees to its readers.
The town/city was also profiled in the film Welcome to Shelbyville, as part of the PBS documentary film series Independent Lens.
Shelbyville was also featured in GADA film's "Our Very Own" (2005 Film), directed by Cameron Watson.
The film, dubbed "a love story to Shelbyville", highlights some of the peculiar and humorous memories of Shelbyville in the 1970s.
The film follows five teenagers who are determined to meet Shelbyville's own Sondra Locke.
History of Bedford County and Shelbyville.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Shelbyville city, Tennessee".
"Chapter VIII: Tennessee Group - Bedford County".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Musgrave Pencil Company History, Musgrave Pencil Company website, accessed April 23, 2008 a b c The City of Shelbyville website, accessed April 23, 2008 Retrieved 2010-05-02., with a link to an April 1863 Shelbyville region map City of Shelbyville: https://Shelbyville - TN.org Shelbyville Free Press: https://Shelbyville - Free - Press.org Shelbyville, Tennessee at DMOZ Municipalities and communities of Bedford County, Tennessee, United States County seat: Shelbyville
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Cities in Bedford County, Tennessee - Populated places established in 1810 - Cities in Tennessee - County seats in Tennessee - Shelbyville, Tennessee
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