SHELBY, INDIANA

'Shelby' is a town on the southern edge of Lake County, Indiana. It is directly south of Lowell, north of Thayer, east of Schneider and west of Demotte. There is also a small development called Sumava Resorts, located nearby on the Kankakee River a short distance to the west of Shelby. Indiana State Road 55 crosses the Kankakee River at Shelby, making one of the few Kanakee River crossings from Lake County. Shelby, along with Sumava Resorts and other small, Kanakee River communities, has historically had to periodically contend with flooding from the Kanakee River.^[1]

Lat/Long 41.19258499 -87.34291840

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Economy

Schools

References

Economy

Whiteco Industries, an Indiana business which, with its affiliates, is engaged in advertising (paricularly billboard advertising) in Indiana, and in ownership of hotels, grew along with Dean White from a small advertising business in Shelby.^[1] The successor to the Shelby location of Whiteco's business (in this location making graphics for commercial vehicles), Modagraphics, closed its doors, however, in 1993, as a result of a consolidation within its new parent company from Illinois.^[1]

Schools

Students from Shelby attend schools operated by the Tri-Creek School Corporation in Lowell, Indiana. This is because the Shelby school was destroyed by a fire and the town has not been able to afford building their own schools.


The movie Now and Then is set in Shelby, Indiana, but the Shelby of the movie is fictional. The movie is actually based on the town of Winchester, Indiana.

References

★ Amazon.com: Businesses in Shelby, Indiana

★ 1. http://nwitimes.com/articles/1993/06/02/export182685.txt
2. http://nwitimes.com/articles/1993/06/02/export182685.txt
3. http://nwitimes.com/articles/1993/06/02/export182685.txt