Shelbyville, Texas

Shelbyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shelby County, Texas, United States.

[1] It is located seven miles southeast of Center on State Highway 87 and is close to Toledo Bend reservoir.

The town was originally called Nashville, but was renamed Shelbyville in 1837 to honor the American Revolution hero and Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby.

Shelbyville became the flash-point in the Regulator–Moderator War, with most of its major battles being fought in the town or nearby.

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