Shelburn is a town in Curry Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[5] An F4 tornado devastated the northwestern part of Shelburn on May 21, 1949, killing 14 people and destroying 160 homes.

[7] According to the 2010 census, Shelburn has a total area of 0.69 square miles (1.79 km2), all land.

23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2015[12] under Criterion A, with significant in the area of Transportation for its association with the development of interurban electric light rail transportation in Indiana during the early twentieth century and under Criterion C for its distinctive design and construction associated with the evolution of the interurban electrical light rail system.

An extensive exterior stabilization and restoration project was completed on the building in 2017, which reconstructed the building's roof, replaced doors and windows, and restored the brick masonry.