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is a city in Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana, United States. The population was 17,951 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Shelby County. The current mayor is Republican Scott Furgeson.
Shelbyville was incorporated January 21, 1850, by a special act of the Legislature, according to county histories.
The city charter received at that time was destroyed in the City Hall fire on January 1, 1928.
A railroad was built connecting Shelbyville to Indianapolis in in the late 1830s, the first railroad in the state, that later expanded to connect to Madison and Jeffersonville.