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Shelby County, Illinois

70 topographic sheets cover 37 settlements here, and 6 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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“Patient spilled his life's blood on foreign soil in conflict with the German horde that his country and the whole world might be safe from Prussianism. He was killed in a trench on the Champagne front, October 3, 1918, about ten miles north of Suppes, France. He was in action with Company G, 346 Inf., with which' he had been sent overseas.”

Orlando F. Patient - Shelby County in the World War (1919). Machine-read text.

6 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 15 stories and name 50 people · people the book names include Ivan P. Abbott (Shelbyville Township, 1919) · General Executive Committee (Ash Grove Township, 1919) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Illinois within the United States
Shelby County within Illinois

What the record shows

  • 458 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 6 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings, 1 district and 1 structure.
  • 1 of them is a covered bridge.
  • 3 of the 6 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 38 populated places in this county; 37 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 2 public-domain county histories, 1900 and 1919, supply 54,880 words of narrative reproduced here.

What happened here

15 accounts

Among them: Wilber Broughton; Herman T. Bruns; Arthur Carroll. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.

From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Wilber Broughton

Death came to Wilher Broughton, a valiant and patriotic son of Shelby county, on the battlefield in France, where he was serving as a messenger and scout in the United States army. On the night of July 19, 1918, he was wounded, and removed to a hospital at Oise, France. Six days later, or on July 25, he died from the effects of the machine gun bullet.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Herman T. Bruns

Cheered by a letter from his wounded son in which the latter stated he was "doing fine" and expected to start for home soon, only to be plunged into deepest grief by a letter from a chaplain, telling of the death of the boy the day after he had written the cheery letter, was the experience of Theodore Bruns of Pana, whose son, Herman T.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Arthur Carroll

A resident of Shelby county but enlisting in Billings, Mont., Arthur Carroll went forth to foreign soil to fight for freedom, and there fell a victim, not to shot or shell of the German enemy, but to the deadly disease, pneumonia. His death occurred in an overseas hospital on the 10th of October, 1918, about two months after he landed in France.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

James W. Flinn

"He was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow," can be said of Corporal James W. Flinn of Dry Point township, as it was of the son of the widow of Xahi. Moreover, it may be said of Flinn that he was the only son of Dry Point township who lost his life in action during the World War. He was killed October 24, 1918, in the Argonne, where he was lighting witli his company, F of the 354th Infantry, 89th Division, in which he had been made a corporal and placed in charge of a detail of thirteen men a short time before.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Cecil Gordy

Cecil Gordy, a son of Ben Gordy of Clarksburg hut who was at work in Iowa at the time of the registration and induction of the young men of the country, was reported by the war department to have been killed in action in France on either the 23d of October, 1919, or the 4th of November following. The only definite information concerning his death, and that is meagre, is from a friend and comrade, who states that four of them were in a shell hole, when young Gordy was killed by an exploding shell.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Robert Fraxcis Haverstock

The influenza scourge and its aftermath, pneumonia, which were even more deadly to United States soldiers than the shot, shell and gas of the Hun, were responsible for the death of Robert Francis Haverstock on Friday, October 18, 1918. The end came at the base hospital at Camp Funston, Kansas, where be was under treatment for a week for pneumonia, and where he was given the kindliest consideration possible by the greatly overworked hospital staff.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Truman G. L. Mars

Truman G. L. Mars, a first cousin of Jesse Mars, who was one of the victims in the torpedoing of the Moldavia, was killed September 27, 1918, when he was shot through the stomach by a machine gun bullet as he was taking part in the charge on Charpentry. For three months after first getting into active service the latter part of June, having landed in May, young Mars was constantly under fire in Alsace Lorraine, then was in reserve in the St.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

George E. Moore

Corporal George Kilsworth Moore of Tower Hill was killed in action in the Argonne, September 5, 1918. The shell which caused his death also killed his captain and a major. That lie met his death in this manner was not at first credited by his relatives in this country, as shortly before that time they had received word from him to the effect that he was in the mail service in France, and because of this they had felt some confidence in his safety.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Orlando F. Patient

Orlando F. Patient spilled his life's blood on foreign soil in conflict with the German horde that his country and the whole world might be safe from Prussianism. He was killed in a trench on the Champagne front, October 3, 1918, about ten miles north of Suppes, France. He was in action with Company G, 346 Inf., with which' he had been sent overseas.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Andrew E. Ruff

Near Bellicourt was the scene of the death of Anrew Edwin Ruff of Strasburg, who was killed during a battle on the Ilindenburg line, September 29, 19.18, while he was serving with the American Expeditionary Force. He was a rifleman with Company K, 1 19th Inf., 30th Division, and landed in Liverpool, Eng., May 27, 1918, after a perilous voyage in which the transport Laomedia, on which he sai!ed from Boston May 12, was attacked by a submarine.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Noah Russell

Noah O. Russell, a private in Company B, 130th I*. S. Inf., was wounded by accidental gunshot January 1, 1918, and died from the effects more than a year later. His death occurred in the hospital at Maywood, 111., to which he returned from a visit with relatives in Shelby county, following his discharge at Houston, Texas, in March, 191..

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Leroy Sarver

LeRoy Sarver, the second son of Ed and Minnie Sarver of Hen ton, Shelby county, was over the top four times during his active service overseas, was wounded in his fourth battle and died from the effects of his wounds on the 20th of June, 1918. This in brief is the record of the valiant service and complete sacrifice which this young soldier made for his country and the peoples of the old world.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

James Franklin St1Vison

James F. Stivison, a Moweaqua soldier who was in service at Camp Holabird, Md., for three months, succumbed to the influenza and pneumonia epidemic in the hospital at Fort Mctlenry, Md., after an illness of only seven days. He enlisted at Shelby ville September 3, 1918, and was assigned to the Motor Transport unit 321.

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Ira Watkins

Ira C. Watkins, formerly of Oconee but in the United States regular army since 1910, was killed in action on the French front, April 27, 1918. At the time of his death he was within six days of being thirty -seven years old. He was the second son of the family to die in the service, his brother Albert, who joined the army in the Spanish-American war, dying in an army hospital in Washington, I).

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From Shelby County in the World War, published 1919 - Shelbyville Township

Mary Buzzard Gexeva Elizabeth Casstevexs

There was one of the nurses who went from Shelby County to tend the wounded and sick, who gave her life for them. This was Geneva Elizabeth Casstevens, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Casstevens of near Fancher, who died Oct. 14, 1918. at Liverpool, England, where she was on duty at Military Hospital Xo. 40, with Unit W from Springfield, 111., under command of Major D.

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Places on the National Register

6

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Chautauqua Auditoriumbuilding197878001190
Clarksburg Schoolhousebuilding200100000952
Shelbyville Historic Districtdistrict197676000729
Horace M. Tallman Housebuilding198888000470
Thompson Mill Covered Bridgestructure197575000675
Westervelt Christian Churchbuilding200606000009

Covered bridges

1

Shelby County has 1 covered bridge on the National Register. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Wildfire, 2009 to 2014

20 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 20 of them, burning about 286 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources130021
22 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources14006
27 November 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1300FIN
24 January 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources130062
11 October 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources101113
5 April 2013Debris and open burning12 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources130023
5 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources1300MA
8 October 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources130097

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1955 to 2026

60 of 312 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 312 reports for this county, causing 8 deaths, 69 injuries and about $19,867,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind143
Hail65
Flash Flood53
Tornado35
Flood9
Lightning7

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1977Tornado (F3)not stated6 killed, 56 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 2022Flash FloodShelby Co Arpt1 killedA man tried to drive across a flooded road near the intersection of 1600 East and County highway 26 southwest of Shelbyville on the morning of March 31st. His car was pushed off the road by the current, and he was swept away after exiting the vehicle. 24-hour rainfall in the area ranged from 2.5 to 3 inches.
May 2013LightningShelbyville1 killedA 29 year-old fisherman was struck by lightning on the Kaskaskia River near the Lake Shelbyville Dam at around 3:50 PM CDT on Sunday, May 26th. The man later died at Shelby Memorial Hospital in Shelbyville.
June 1999Tornado (F2)Tower Hill4 hurt, $2,000,000A tornado touched down on the east side of Lake Pana in Shelby County. Four homes and one mobile home were destroyed. A woman in the mobile home was injured and hospitalised for a time. A mile northeast near Route 16, several more homes were damaged or destroyed and two people in one of the destroyed homes were injured. Debris was scattered in the nearby fields. For the next four miles, several homes sustained moderate damage, numerous outbuildings and grain bins were either damaged or destroyed, and one woman sustained minor cuts and bruises. As the tornado moved to the northeast into the Westervelt area, numerous trees were blown down, buildings sustained minor damage, and 9 large grain bins were destroyed. The tornado remained on the ground for another 4.5 miles, knocking down trees and power lines before lifting and dissipating 2 miles southwest of Findlay. Damage was estimated around $2 million.
June 1990Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
September 1996LightningShelbyville2 hurtno account filed
March 1961Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
February 2014Tornado (EF2)Dollville1 hurt, $80,000This tornado crossed into Shelby County from Christian County 3.6 miles west of Tower Hill at 4:25 PM CST. The tornado increased in intensity, doing significant damage to the roof of a house and causing one minor injury about 3 miles north-northwest of Tower Hill. The tornado continued to the northeast, dissipating near the intersection of county roads 1700 North and 1200 East, or 3 miles west-southwest of Westerveldt at 4:33 PM CST.
June 2000Tornado (F1)Oconee1 hurt, $75,000The tornado first briefly touched down in the Oconee area where it blew down several large trees and tree limbs. The tornado then appeared to lift and move east-northeast across southern Shelby county, occasionally touching the ground in a number of places. The most significant touchdowns were found in two areas. The first was about 4 miles south of Tower Hill, where the track extended from 4.5 miles south-southwest of Tower Hill to 4 miles south-southeast of Tower Hill. Damage to trees, a grain bin, a garage and a grain auger were found in the area. The second significant touchdown started 4 miles south-southeast of Shelbyville. Even in this area, visual sightings by residents indicated that the tornado was not on the ground all the time. Damage in this area was the most substantial, with damage to several garages, as well as outbuildings destroyed and numerous trees uprooted. One women sustained minor cuts from flying glass.
December 2021Tornado (EF2)Herrick1 hurtThis tornado crossed from Fayette County in the National Weather Service St. Louis County Warning Area (CWA) into southern Shelby County in the National Weather Service Lincoln County Warning Area (CWA) at 9:26 PM CST. It downed several large wood power poles about 2 miles west of Herrick. The most significant damage occurred to a residence 1 mile north of Herrick where an addition to a house saw significant damage, causing injury to one person. The tornado continued northeastward, damaging several outbuildings and downing trees and power lines. The tornado lifted 2 miles northwest of Cowden at about 9:36 PM CST.
September 2008LightningHerborn1 hurtAn adult male, age unknown, was struck by lightning while hunting at Hidden Springs State Forest. He was transported to a local hospital and treated for his injuries.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMoweaqua$5,000,000Thunderstorm winds blew down or destroyed over 1,000 trees in Moweaqua. Two homes sustained serious damage and numerous homes had minor damage. Numerous power, telephone, and cable lines were blown down. Property damage was estimated around $750,000 and crop damage around $6 million.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWindsor$3,200,000Hundreds of trees were uprooted in the town of Windsor. Several trees and large branches damaged about 200 house roofs in town. The strong wind also blew shingles off of many houses. One house on the west side of town was pushed several inches off of its foundation. Power poles snapped, power lines were knocked down and a few flag poles were bent.
December 2015FloodMoweaqua$1,000,000An extended period of heavy rain during the evening of December 26th in Shelby County combined with an already saturated ground to produce flash flooding. Rainfall amounts ranged from 3.65 to 5.20 inches in less than six hours, with the heaviest rain in the western half of the county. Most rural roads and state highways were flooded and impassable. City streets in Shelbyville were also flooded. The flooding continued through all of December 27th. Additional rainfall of 1.75 to 3.75 from December 28th into the 29th aggravated the flooding situation significantly. The towns of Windsor, Tower Hill, Oconee and Shelbyville had the most flood damage to roads and basements. Every road in the county was flooded, until the water finally subsided by the afternoon of December 31st, more than four days after it started.
February 2017HailShelbyville$800,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindStewardson$400,000A downburst impacted Stewardson. Numerous trees were blown down across town. Many of the trees fell onto and damaged houses, cars, and sheds. The roofs of a mobile home and an old garage were torn off. Several small metal sheds were destroyed and some houses had minor siding damage. The flag pole at the fire department was bent back.
October 2014Tornado (EF2)Moweaqua Hilvety Arp$235,000A tornado touched down 3.4 miles east of Moweaqua along county road 1000E between county roads 2800N and 2900N at 3:54 PM CDT. Two machine sheds were destroyed and several trees were broken at this location. As the tornado tracked northward, it struck a farmstead along the Shelby/Macon county line just east of county road 1000E. The house sustained major damage to its roof and windows on the south side of the building, with significant damage to an attached garage. Several trees were snapped and outbuildings were destroyed before the tornado crossed into southern Macon County at 3:56 PM CDT.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindFindlay$225,000Downburst winds caused widespread damage in and around the town of Findlay. A marine storage facility on the west side of town had 16 aluminum doors blown in on the west side of the building. Numerous trees were damaged and several homes sustained minor roof damage. A large cell tower one mile east of Findlay was blown down.
January 2005Flash FloodShelbyville$165,000Illinois Route 128 had water flowing across it.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$100,000The roof was torn off a building in downtown Shelbyville. Numerous trees and tree branches were blown down, and two homes were damaged by falling branches.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindStewardson$100,000Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were blown down in Stewardson. One business on the east side of town was destroyed. Another business sustained minor damage. As the storms moved northeast towards Windsor, eight power poles were snapped off along Route 16 east of Windsor.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$80,000Numerous trees and power poles were blown down along a path from 4 miles southwest of Shelbyville to the far western edge of Shelbyville. Damage path was 1/2 mile wide and 3 miles long. Damage was caused by downburst winds as determined by an NWS Survey.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindFindlay$60,000Several power poles were snapped off south of Findlay.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Tower Hill$60,000A tornado briefly touched down 2 miles south of Tower Hill, then tracked eastward to 2 miles south-southeast of Tower Hill. A shed was severely damaged and front porches were torn off several homes. Shingles were blown off houses and numerous trees were damaged.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHerrick$60,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down from Herrick, to Stewardson, to Trowbridge.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindTower Hill$55,000Numerous trees were blown down in Tower Hill, some onto roofs of houses.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWindsor$50,000Four power poles and a 14-inch diameter tree were snapped off. In addition, grain bins were destroyed and a machine shed had its roof torn off.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindMiddlesworth$45,000A large metal building was destroyed and several trees were blown down in Middlesworth. A flag pole was bent at a 90 degree angle.
June 2010LightningWindsor$45,000Lightning struck a dairy barn, which started a fire. The barn was destroyed. No livestock were harmed in the fire.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Shelbyville$45,000A tornado touched down 1 mile southwest of Shelbyville, then tracked eastward to 1/2 mile southeast of Shelbyville. Numerous shallow-rooted trees were torn or uprooted. The tornado tracked through a campground, where several unoccupied trailers were damaged by falling trees and limbs. A carport was destroyed and porches were torn away from a few trailers. In addition, 2 unanchored metal sheds were destroyed.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindOconee$40,000A couple of outbuildings were damaged, with sheet metal roofing blown nearly a mile away.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$40,000Numerous trees, power lines and power poles were blown down on the south side of Shelbyville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStrasburg$35,000Five power poles were snapped near the junction of Routes 32 and 16.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindStrasburg$30,000A shed was damaged and an attic vent was blown off a house. Several tree branches were blown down as well.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$30,000Several small trees were blown over.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$30,000A shed was blown down.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindStewardson$30,000A grain bin was destroyed about 1 mile south of Stewardson.
April 2013LightningClarksburg$30,000Lightning struck an oil tank 2 miles south-southwest of Clarksburg in Shelby County at about 2:20 PM CDT on April 16th. The lightning caused an explosion that showered debris more than 100 yards away and created a fire.
July 2020Flash FloodHolliday$25,000Part of the road was washed out near North 1900 East and 100 North.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindStrasburg$25,000Several trees were damaged.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWindsor$25,000Several power poles and power lines were blown down. The siding was torn off a trailer.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMoweaqua$25,000A barn was destroyed near Moweaqua.
April 1988Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1961Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$24,000Power lines were blown down in Shelbyville.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindTower Hill$24,000The roof of a machine shed and several trees were damaged 2 miles northwest of Tower Hill.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWindsor$20,000A tree fell onto a house in Windsor.
February 2014Tornado (EF0)Oconee$20,000This tornado crossed from Montgomery County in the National Weather Service St. Louis County Warning Area (CWA) into Shelby County about 2.6 miles northwest of Oconee at 4:14 PM CST. Mainly tree damage occurred along the path of the tornado before it crossed into Christian County 4.4 miles north-northeast of Oconee at 4:19 PM CST.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Kingman$20,000A tornado touched down about 3.5 miles northeast of Stewardson. It damaged two cattle barns, resulting in the death of two cows.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindTower Hill$20,000A trailer was blown off its foundation.
July 2008LightningFindlay$20,000Lightning struck a grain elevator and started a fire in a nearby office building. There were no injuries.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWindsor$18,000Several trees and tree limbs were blown down across Windsor.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindFindlay$15,000Pine trees were snapped and minor damage occurred to the roof of a house.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMoweaqua$15,000Multiple tree limbs were blown down in Moweaqua.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$15,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
January 2006Tornado (F1)Oconee$15,000A tornado briefly touched down, destroyed a 40' by 60' pole barn and blew down a few large tree limbs. Debris from the tornado broke a window in a house on the property.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindStrasburg$10,000Several large tree limbs and a power pole were blown down in Strasburg.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMode$10,000A shed was damaged near the town of Mode.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindShelbyville$10,000Several tree branches were blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindWindsor$10,000Power lines were blown down in Windsor.

Mines and quarries

5 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 5 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction2
Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Clay1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shelbyville Shale ExposureClayProspect
Prosser GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S & V Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shelby County Hiwy Dept PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shelby Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

The townships, in 1919

54,880 words

Shelby County in the World War devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 6 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Shape and position in the county TownshipSettlements in it LengthSections
Ash Grove TownshipSexson Corner5,841 words13
Herrick TownshipHerrick1,895 words3
Moweaqua TownshipMoweaqua6,248 words34
Shelbyville TownshipLithia, Middlesworth, Shelbyville35,144 words112
Tower Hill TownshipTower Hill, Westminster4,289 words8
Windsor TownshipWindsor1,463 words4

The people it describes

50 named

Everyone Shelby County in the World War stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1919.

Every populated place in the county

38

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Shelby County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.