Do you know of Shelby ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shelby. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Shelby.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Shelby was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Shelby would be found somewhere in Allegan County, Michigan.
Communities Also Named Shelby ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Shelby.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Shelby.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shelby [Shelby County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Shelby [Shelby County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shelby [Jefferson County].
- Pike County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shelby [Pike County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Toole County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Shelby [Toole County].
- Nebraska
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Shelby [Polk County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Shelby [Cleveland County].
- Ohio
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Shelby [Richland County].
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Buffalo County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Shelby [Buffalo County].
- Texas
- Austin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Shelby [Austin County].
- Virginia
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Shelby [Madison County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Shelby [Montgomery County].
- Wisconsin
- La Crosse County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Shelby [La Crosse County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shelby ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shelby:
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Allegan County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allegan County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Shelby could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |