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Shelby County

county in Alabama, United States
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Shelby County

Summary

Shelby County is a county of Alabama[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of county_of_alabama entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shelby County is located in Alabama[3].
  • Shelby County is in the country of United States[4].
  • Shelby County's image is recorded as Shelby County, Alabama Courthouse.JPG[5].
  • Shelby County's instance of is recorded as county of Alabama[6].
  • Shelby County's capital is recorded as Columbiana[7].
  • Shelby County's shares border with is recorded as St. Clair County[8].
  • Shelby County's shares border with is recorded as Bibb County[9].
  • Shelby County's shares border with is recorded as Chilton County[10].
  • Shelby County's shares border with is recorded as Talladega County[11].
  • Shelby County's shares border with is recorded as Coosa County[12].
  • Shelby County's shares border with is recorded as Jefferson County[13].
  • Isaac Shelby is named after Shelby County[14].
  • Shelby County's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Columbiana[15].
  • Shelby County's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148929824[16].
  • Shelby County's locator map image is recorded as Map of Alabama highlighting Shelby County.svg[17].
  • Shelby County's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81023152[18].
  • Shelby County's Commons category is recorded as Shelby County, Alabama[19].
  • Shelby County's licence plate code is recorded as 58[20].
  • Shelby County's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1850810[21].
  • +1818-02-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shelby County[22].
  • Shelby County's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 161584[23].
  • Shelby County's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 33.265277777778, 'lon': -86.667777777778}[24].
  • Shelby County's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kzpc[25].
  • Shelby County's official website is recorded as http://www.shelbycountyalabama.com[26].
  • Shelby County's FIPS 6-4 ID is recorded as 01117[27].

Body

Geography

Shelby County is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Alabama[3].

Physical Characteristics

Shelby County's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2097'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+195085'}[29], {'amount': '+195844'}[30], {'amount': '+198117'}[31], {'amount': '+200983'}[32], {'amount': '+204180'}[33], and {'amount': '+208713'}[34].

Designation and Status

Shelby County's instance of is recorded as county of Alabama[6].

History and Context

+1818-02-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Shelby County[22]. Isaac Shelby is named after it[14].

Why It Matters

Shelby County ranks in the top 6% of county_of_alabama entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Alabama United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Q114502058. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved . archives.alabama.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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