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Shelby County, Tennessee
Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 927,644.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/47/47157.html )〕 It is the state's largest county both in terms of population and geographic area. Its county seat is Memphis,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 the most populous city in Tennessee. The county was named for Governor Isaac Shelby (1750–1826) of Kentucky.
Shelby County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. Within the Mississippi Delta, the county developed as a center of cotton plantations in the antebellum era, and cotton continued as an important commodity crop well into the 20th century. The economy has become more diversified.
==History==
Shelby County was established by European-American migrants in 1819. The county was part of the lands acquired by the United States government from the Chickasaw as part of the Jackson Purchase of 1818. The county was named for Isaac Shelby, the former governor of Kentucky who had helped negotiate the land acquisition.〔 From 1826 to 1868, the county seat was located at Raleigh, Tennessee on the Wolf River; after the American Civil War, in recognition of the growth of Memphis, it was moved there. (Raleigh is now within the city limits of Memphis.)〔 The lowlands in the Mississippi Delta, closest to the Mississippi River, were developed for large cotton plantations; their laborers were overwhelmingly enslaved African Americans. Well before the American Civil War, the population of the county was majority black and mostly slaves. Memphis developed as a major cotton market, with many brokers.
In the 20th century, mechanization of agriculture and the Great Migration resulted in many African Americans moving from rural areas into Memphis and northern cities for work and other opportunities. After World War II, highways were constructed that led to development of much new housing; suburbanization, with retail businesses following new residents, took place in the county. With continued residential and suburban development, the population became majority white. Six towns in the county have become incorporated; other communities are unincorporated. Residents enjoy many parks in the area as well as attractions in the city of Memphis.
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