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Shelbyville is a city in Shelby County, Illinois, along the Kaskaskia River. As of the 2010 census, the population was at 4,700. It is the county seat of Shelby County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Shelby Memorial Hospital, located in town, is the county's only hospital. ==Geography== Shelbyville is located at (39.408142, -88.799730). According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of , of which (or 95.51%) is land and (or 4.74%) is water.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for Places – Illinois )〕 Shelbyville was founded in 1827 and named in honor of Isaac Shelby, hero of the Revolutionary War and Governor of Kentucky. The history of Shelbyville begins with Barnett Bone, a Tennessean who, in 1835, built a log cabin along the Kaskaskia River. His cabin eventually became the county courthouse. The first businesses were blacksmith shops, a general store and stage coach stop, and a grist mill. The terminal moraine of the Wisconsin Glacier is located near Shelbyville. This is referred to as the Shelbyville Moraine.〔http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/c2000/assessments/kaskaskia/geology.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shelbyville, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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