Shelby, Indiana

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subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Lake
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subdivision_name3 = Cedar Creek
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latd = 41
latm = 11
lats = 43
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postal_code = 46377
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Shelby is an unincorporated town in Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana.

Economy

Whiteco Industries, an Indiana business which, with its affiliates, is engaged in advertising (paricularly billboard advertising) in Indiana, and in ownership of hotels, grew along with Dean White from a small advertising business in Shelby. [http://nwitimes.com/articles/1993/06/02/export182685.txt White sad at closing of Shelby plant where success story / nwi.com ] ] The successor to the Shelby location of Whiteco's business (in this location making graphics for commercial vehicles), Modagraphics, closed its doors, however, in 1993, as a result of a consolidation within its new parent company from Illinois.

chools

Students from Shelby attend schools operated by the Tri-Creek School Corporation in Lowell, Indiana.The school that was there was changed into a park.

The movie Now and Then is set in Shelby, Indiana, but the Shelby of the movie is fictional. The movie is actually based on the town of Winchester, Indiana.

Geography

Shelby is located at coor dms|41|11|43|N|87|20|52|W|city. It is directly south of Lowell, north of Thayer, east of Schneider and west of Demotte. There is also a small development called Sumava Resorts, located nearby on the Kankakee River a short distance to the west of Shelby. Indiana State Road 55 crosses the Kankakee River at Shelby, making one of the few Kanakee River crossings from Lake County. Shelby, along with Sumava Resorts and other small, Kankakee River communities, has historically had to contend with periodic flooding from the Kankakee River.

References

* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/yp/geo/IN/Shelby/ Amazon.com: Businesses in Shelby, Indiana]
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