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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Shelby, North Carolina</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="شلبی، قوزئی کارولینا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="شلبی، قوزئی کارولینا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(North_Carolina)" title="Shelby (North Carolina) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Shelby (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Carolina_del_Nord)" title="Shelby (Carolina del Nord) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Shelby (Carolina del Nord)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_North_Carolina)" title="Shelby (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, North Carolina) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Shelby (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_Gogledd_Carolina" title="Shelby, Gogledd Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Shelby, Gogledd Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby" title="Shelby – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Shelby" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(North_Carolina)" title="Shelby (North Carolina) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Shelby (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Carolina_del_Norte)" title="Shelby (Carolina del Norte) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Shelby (Carolina del Norte)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Ipar_Carolina)" title="Shelby (Ipar Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Shelby (Ipar Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="شلبی، کارولینای شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شلبی، کارولینای شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Caroline_du_Nord)" title="Shelby (Caroline du Nord) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Shelby (Caroline du Nord)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_Carolina_Thuaidh" title="Shelby, Carolina Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Shelby, Carolina Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="شلبی (کلسيايي کارؤلینا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="شلبی (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_Carolina_Utara" title="Shelby, Carolina Utara – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Shelby, Carolina Utara" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Carolina_del_Nord)" title="Shelby (Carolina del Nord) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Shelby (Carolina del Nord)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_Kawolin_din%C3%B2" title="Shelby, Kawolin dinò – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Shelby, Kawolin dinò" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(North_Carolina)" title="Shelby (North Carolina) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Shelby (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(%C3%89szak-Karolina)" title="Shelby (Észak-Karolina) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Shelby (Észak-Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Shelby, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%89_(%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)" title="شيلبى (امريكا) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شيلبى (امريكا)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(North_Carolina)" title="Shelby (North Carolina) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Shelby (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E5%B7%9E)" title="シェルビー (ノースカロライナ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="シェルビー (ノースカロライナ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Шелби (Къилбаседа Каролина) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Шелби (Къилбаседа Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Nord-Carolina)" title="Shelby (Nord-Carolina) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Shelby (Nord-Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Shimoliy_Karolina)" title="Shelby (Shimoliy Karolina) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Shelby (Shimoliy Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Karolina_P%C3%B3%C5%82nocna)" title="Shelby (Karolina Północna) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Shelby (Karolina Północna)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(Carolina_do_Norte)" title="Shelby (Carolina do Norte) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Shelby (Carolina do Norte)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_Carolina_de_Nord" title="Shelby, Carolina de Nord – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Shelby, Carolina de Nord" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Shelby, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_(P%C5%AF%C5%82nocno_Karolina)" title="Shelby (Půłnocno Karolina) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Shelby (Půłnocno Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Шелби (Северна Каролина) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Шелби (Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Shelby, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Shelby, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B8_(%D0%A2%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Шелби (Төньяк Каролина) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Шелби (Төньяк Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby,_Kuzey_Karolina" title="Shelby, Kuzey Karolina – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Shelby, Kuzey Karolina" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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title="Official seal of Shelby, North Carolina"><img alt="Official seal of Shelby, North Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Shelby%2C_NC_City_Seal.png/100px-Shelby%2C_NC_City_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Shelby%2C_NC_City_Seal.png/150px-Shelby%2C_NC_City_Seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/Shelby%2C_NC_City_Seal.png/200px-Shelby%2C_NC_City_Seal.png 2x" data-file-width="202" data-file-height="103" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NCMap-doton-Shelby.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Shelby, North Carolina"><img alt="Location of Shelby, North Carolina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/NCMap-doton-Shelby.PNG/250px-NCMap-doton-Shelby.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/NCMap-doton-Shelby.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="117" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Shelby, North Carolina</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shelby,_North_Carolina&params=35_17_25_N_81_32_43_W_region:US-NC_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°17′25″N</span> <span class="longitude">81°32′43″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.29028°N 81.54528°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.29028; -81.54528</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22.39 sq mi (57.98 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">22.35 sq mi (57.90 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.03 sq mi (0.09 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">873 ft (266 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">21,918</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCensusEst2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">21,855</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">980.50/sq mi (378.57/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Eastern_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Eastern Time Zone">Eastern (EST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (EDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">28150-28152</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_704" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 704">704</a>, <a href="/wiki/Area_code_980" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 980">980</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">37-61200<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2405454<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofshelby.com">cityofshelby.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shelby</b> is a city in and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland County</a>, North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-GR6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lies near the western edge of the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>-<a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a>, NC-<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">SC</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Combined Statistical Area</a>. The population was 21,918 at the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area was originally inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Catawba_people" title="Catawba people">Catawba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> peoples and was later settled around 1760. The city was chartered in 1843 and named after Colonel <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a>, a hero of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kings_Mountain" title="Battle of Kings Mountain">the battle of Kings Mountain</a> (1780) during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. Shelby was agricultural until the railways in the 1870s stimulated Shelby's development. </p><p>In 1916, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dixon,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Dixon, Jr.">Thomas Dixon, Jr.</a>, the author of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Clansman:_A_Historical_Romance_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan" title="The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan">The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan</a></i>, planned to erect a statue of his uncle <a href="/wiki/Leroy_McAfee" title="Leroy McAfee">Leroy McAfee</a> on the courthouse square.<sup id="cite_ref-gastoniacullingsstatue_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gastoniacullingsstatue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-resentingdixonsplan_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resentingdixonsplan-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was initially met with enthusiasm,<sup id="cite_ref-gastoniacullingsstatue_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gastoniacullingsstatue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until it was announced that Dixon wanted McAfee to wear a <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> mask in the statue.<sup id="cite_ref-resentingdixonsplan_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resentingdixonsplan-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Confederate monument is located on the west side of the courthouse square, while foreign war monuments stand on the north and south sides. </p><p>Nevertheless, the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> did have a significant presence in Shelby in the 1870s and its crimes were the subject of depositions<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and affidavits<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> collected by Captain Albion Howe (1841–1873) of the 4th Regiment Artillery. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shelby,_1925.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Shelby%2C_1925.png/220px-Shelby%2C_1925.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Shelby%2C_1925.png/330px-Shelby%2C_1925.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Shelby%2C_1925.png/440px-Shelby%2C_1925.png 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>Shelby in 1925</figcaption></figure> <p>Textiles later became its chief industry during the <a href="/wiki/1920s" title="1920s">1920s</a>, when production of cotton in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland County</a> rose from 8,000 to 80,000 bales a year. Cotton production peaked in 1948 with Cleveland County producing 83,549 bales, making it North Carolina's premier cotton county. In the <a href="/wiki/1930s" title="1930s">1930s</a>, Shelby was known as "The Leading Shopping Center between Charlotte and Asheville". People from surrounding counties came to Shelby to shop, since there were numerous types of local and chain stores. By 1947, Shelby was a true thriving town with the mills paying among the highest wages in the South. In the <a href="/wiki/1950s" title="1950s">1950s</a>, droughts, insect infestations, and government acreage controls resulted in the decline of cotton as Cleveland County's primary crop.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shelby was home to a group of political leaders in the first half of the 20th century, that have become known as the "Shelby Dynasty." These political leaders wielded power through the local, State and Federal governments. The most notable of Shelby's political leadership were brothers <a href="/wiki/James_L._Webb" title="James L. Webb">James L. Webb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Y._Webb" title="Edwin Y. Webb">Edwin Yates Webb</a> and brothers-in-law <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Max_Gardner" title="Oliver Max Gardner">O. Max Gardner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clyde_R._Hoey" title="Clyde R. Hoey">Clyde R. Hoey</a>. As governors, NC representatives, and US congressman, the group impacted Shelby life and Shelby's reputation throughout the state.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The architecture of Shelby is noteworthy in that despite being in a rural area, there are magnificent homes and buildings with unique character. Some buildings are county landmarks, such as the <a href="/wiki/Historic_Campbell_Building" title="Historic Campbell Building">Historic Campbell Building</a> and others are listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>: <a href="/wiki/Banker%27s_House" title="Banker's House">Banker's House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Beam_House" title="Joshua Beam House">Joshua Beam House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Shelby_Historic_District" title="Central Shelby Historic District">Central Shelby Historic District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County_Courthouse_(Shelby,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland County Courthouse (Shelby, North Carolina)">Cleveland County Courthouse</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Marion-Belvedere_Park_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="East Marion-Belvedere Park Historic District">East Marion-Belvedere Park Historic District</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Heyward_Hull_House" title="James Heyward Hull House">James Heyward Hull House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masonic_Temple_Building_(Shelby,_North_Carolina)" title="Masonic Temple Building (Shelby, North Carolina)">Masonic Temple Building</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Victor_McBrayer_House" title="Dr. Victor McBrayer House">Dr. Victor McBrayer House</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Sperling_House_and_Outbuildings" title="George Sperling House and Outbuildings">George Sperling House and Outbuildings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Suttle_House" title="Joseph Suttle House">Joseph Suttle House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Webbley" title="Webbley">Webbley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/West_Warren_Street_Historic_District" title="West Warren Street Historic District">West Warren Street Historic District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Community">Community</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Community"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shelby's community of art, music, and government all take place in Uptown Shelby historic district. Uptown Shelby is home to a large square, local businesses, and a variety of restaurants surrounding The Courthouse Square. Re-branded as "uptown" in the 70s to bring town-people back off the highway and away from the mall, this area has been named a "Main Street" by the <a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Historic_Preservation" title="National Trust for Historic Preservation">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a>. </p><p>The local pavilion hosts a twice-a-week Farmers Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as well as local concerts. Monthly summer festivals like Shelby Alive and Seventh Inning Stretch, hosted by the <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a> World Series, brings regional music acts to perform in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a low cost of living and a vibrant small town environment, Uptown Shelby has experienced a 10% growth in street level occupancy from 78% to 88%.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Uptown Shelby hosts opportunities for active living with groups that engage in cycling, running, crossfit, and yoga. Multiple restaurants and other local businesses are attracting day trippers and shoppers from across the region. Part of the city brand, live music is a part of community with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County_Courthouse_(North_Carolina)" title="Cleveland County Courthouse (North Carolina)">Earl Scruggs Center</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a> Theatre. </p><p>Other public attractions include walking trails like the thread trail and the Broad River Trail as well as public events. Reoccurring events include the Fall <a href="/wiki/Livermush" title="Livermush">Livermush</a> festival, The Cleveland County fair which is the largest county agricultural fair in North Carolina, The 7thinning Stretch, The Art of Sound, Arts on the Square, and various fundraisers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shelby is known throughout the state for its collaborative methods between private, non-profit, and public sector organizations with groups like Leadership Cleveland County. </p><p>In 2011, Shelby was named the permanent home of the <a href="/wiki/American_Legion_Baseball" title="American Legion Baseball">American Legion Baseball World Series</a> after decades of rotating venues for the event.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shelby is located in south-central Cleveland County. <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74" title="U.S. Route 74">U.S. Route 74</a>, a four-lane highway, runs through the city south of the center, and leads east 21 miles (34 km) to <a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a> and west 27 miles (43 km) to <a href="/wiki/Rutherfordton,_North_Carolina" title="Rutherfordton, North Carolina">Rutherfordton</a>. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 21.1 square miles (54.7 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 21.1 square miles (54.6 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km<sup>2</sup>), or 0.17%, is water.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_2010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_2010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Shelby has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Shelby was 107 °F (41.7 °C) on July 30, 1952, while the coldest temperature recorded was −11 °F (−23.9 °C) on January 31, 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Shelby, North Carolina, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">105<br />(41) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">104<br />(40) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80<br />(27) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">107<br />(42) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.8<br />(21.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4<br />(26.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.0<br />(29.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89.4<br />(31.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.7<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96.1<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.1<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.1<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.1<br />(29.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.1<br />(25.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">97.2<br />(36.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.6<br />(11.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.5<br />(13.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.1<br />(17.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.1<br />(22.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.1<br />(26.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.1<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.6<br />(32.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.9<br />(31.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.3<br />(28.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.9<br />(23.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.6<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.1<br />(12.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">72.4<br />(22.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(4.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.0<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.1<br />(10.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.8<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.1<br />(19.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.6<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.3<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76.8<br />(24.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.7<br />(21.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.5<br />(15.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.1<br />(9.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">59.2<br />(15.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.9<br />(−2.8) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(−1.4) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.5<br />(6.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.1<br />(16.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.9<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.8<br />(18.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.1<br />(14.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.1<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(−1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">45.9<br />(7.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(−11.3) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(−8.7) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(−6.4) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(−1.1) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(3.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.3<br />(10.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.9<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57.1<br />(13.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(−0.7) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(−5.8) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(−8.4) </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">9.7<br />(−12.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−11<br />(−24) </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9<br />(−23) </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(−15) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29<br />(−2) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37<br />(3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48<br />(9) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11<br />(−12) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2<br />(−19) </td> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−11<br />(−24) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.31<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.36<br />(85) </td> <td style="background: #4DFF4D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.68<br />(119) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.27<br />(108) </td> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.30<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #4FFF4F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.47<br />(114) </td> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.41<br />(112) </td> <td style="background: #55FF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.49<br />(114) </td> <td style="background: #63FF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.98<br />(101) </td> <td style="background: #72FF72; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.72<br />(94) </td> <td style="background: #63FF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.98<br />(101) </td> <td style="background: #56FF56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.43<br />(113) </td> <td style="background: #5DFF5D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">50.40<br />(1,280) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #BABAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8<br />(4.6) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(1.5) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.25) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">4.0<br />(10) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #8585FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">115.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: National Weather Service<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>990</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>1,394</td><td></td><td>40.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>1,874</td><td></td><td>34.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>3,127</td><td></td><td>66.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>3,609</td><td></td><td>15.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>10,789</td><td></td><td>198.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>14,037</td><td></td><td>30.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>15,508</td><td></td><td>10.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>17,698</td><td></td><td>14.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>16,328</td><td></td><td>−7.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>15,310</td><td></td><td>−6.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>14,669</td><td></td><td>−4.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>19,477</td><td></td><td>32.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>20,323</td><td></td><td>4.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>21,918</td><td></td><td>7.8%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Shelby racial composition<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Race </th> <th scope="col">Number </th> <th scope="col">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>11,169 </td> <td>50.96% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">Black or African American</a> (non-Hispanic) </th> <td>8,383 </td> <td>38.25% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a> </th> <td>64 </td> <td>0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a> </th> <td>228 </td> <td>1.04% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>5 </td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Other/Mixed</a> </th> <td>947 </td> <td>4.32% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> </th> <td>1,122 </td> <td>5.12% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>, there were 21,918 people, 8,013 households, and 4,887 families residing in the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 United States census</a>, there were 19,477 people, 7,927 households, and 5,144 families residing in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population density was 1,073.8 inhabitants per square mile (414.6/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 8,853 housing units at an average density of 488.1 per square mile (188.5/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 56.88% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 40.97% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.09% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.56% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.02% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.72% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.76% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 1.56% of the population. </p><p>There were 7,927 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were married couples living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.97. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.8 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $29,345, and the median income for a family was $38,603. Males had a median income of $30,038 versus $21,362 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,708. About 14.3% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.7% of those under age 18 and 13.7% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highways">Highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shelby is served by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina">US Highway 74</a> and its business route. US 74 Business travels through uptown Shelby along Marion St. and Warren St., giving travelers access to Shelby's growing central business district. Currently, a <a href="/wiki/Controlled-access_highway" title="Controlled-access highway">controlled-access highway</a> (signed as US 74) is under construction from <a href="/wiki/Mooresboro,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresboro, North Carolina">Mooresboro</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a>, which will bypass Shelby to the north.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon completion of the project, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a> will be connected by virtually uninterrupted freeway via <a href="/wiki/Interstate_85_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 85 in North Carolina">Interstate 85</a>, US Highway 74, and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_26_in_North_Carolina" title="Interstate 26 in North Carolina">Interstate 26</a>. </p><p>Shelby is also served by four <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_System" title="North Carolina Highway System">North Carolina State Highways</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_18" title="North Carolina Highway 18">North Carolina Highway 18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_150" title="North Carolina Highway 150">North Carolina Highway 150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_180" title="North Carolina Highway 180">North Carolina Highway 180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_226" title="North Carolina Highway 226">North Carolina Highway 226</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Shelby-Cleveland_County_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport">Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport</a> serves the city and county. The airport is used mostly for general aviation and is owned by the city of Shelby. Commercial air service is provided within a 2-hour drive at Charlotte (CLT), Asheville (AVL), Concord (USA) and Greenville/Spartanburg (GSP). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County_Schools" title="Cleveland County Schools">Cleveland County Schools</a> is the school district for all of Cleveland County, including Shelby.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to January 2004,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the city was in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby_City_Schools&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shelby City Schools (page does not exist)">Shelby City Schools</a>, a separate school district.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Secondary and intermediate schools include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="Shelby High School (North Carolina)">Shelby High School</a></li> <li>Shelby Middle School</li></ul> <p>Elementary schools include: </p> <ul><li>Elizabeth Elementary School</li> <li>Jefferson Elementary School</li> <li>James Love Elementary School</li></ul> <p>Springmore, Township Three, and Union elementary schools have Shelby postal addresses but are outside of the Shelby corporate limits. </p><p>Graham and Marion elementary schools closed in 2022, and the former Shelby Intermediate School was to be converted into an elementary school including the former Graham and Marion zones;<sup id="cite_ref-Closed2022_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Closed2022-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in other words, it became Elizabeth Elementary School. The building had been Elizabeth Elementary prior to being converted into an intermediate school. The conversion returned it to its former name.<sup id="cite_ref-Georgeteachstaff_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Georgeteachstaff-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2004 film adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/Blood_Done_Sign_My_Name" title="Blood Done Sign My Name">Blood Done Sign My Name</a></i> was filmed in Shelby<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – as well as the reaping scene in the 2012 film adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_(film)" title="The Hunger Games (film)">The Hunger Games</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 1982 <a href="/wiki/Slasher_film" title="Slasher film">slasher film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Screams" title="Death Screams">Death Screams</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fictionalized version of the city is the setting of <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/Eastbound_%26_Down" title="Eastbound & Down">Eastbound & Down</a></i>. Filmed in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington, North Carolina</a>, it bears little geographic or cultural resemblance to the real place. Actor and writer <a href="/wiki/Danny_McBride_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Danny McBride (actor)">Danny McBride</a> chose the location as an inspiration because of its size, attitude, and name.<sup id="cite_ref-the_star_eastbound_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-the_star_eastbound-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The TV show <i><a href="/wiki/Bizarre_Foods_with_Andrew_Zimmern" title="Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern">Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern</a></i> visited the 2009 Livermush festival in Shelby.<sup id="cite_ref-shelby_star_5_7_2009_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shelby_star_5_7_2009-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 11, 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_(TV_channel)" title="Oxygen (TV channel)">Oxygen Network</a>'s "Captured" aired a profile of <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Brenda_Sue_Brown_murder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Brenda Sue Brown murder (page does not exist)">The Brenda Sue Brown murder</a> mystery that took place in Shelby in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-shelby_star_2_17_2008_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shelby_star_2_17_2008-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Adell" title="Jo Adell">Jo Adell</a>, outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bobby Bell</a>, former <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> linebacker for the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs" title="Kansas City Chiefs">Kansas City Chiefs</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Bridges" title="Alicia Bridges">Alicia Bridges</a>, disco singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bullard" title="Jonathan Bullard">Jonathan Bullard</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">NFL</a> defensive end</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Champion_(baseball)" title="Bill Champion (baseball)">Bill Champion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> player<sup id="cite_ref-barefbchamp_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barefbchamp-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Davis">Morris Davis</a>, colonel in U.S. Air Force</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Degree" title="Disappearance of Asha Degree">Asha Degree</a>, child reported missing in 2000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dixon_Jr." title="Thomas Dixon Jr.">Thomas Dixon Jr.</a>, minister, author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Dodson" title="Eddie Dodson">Eddie Dodson</a>, bank robber</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lee_Durham" title="Robert Lee Durham">Robert Lee Durham</a>, educator and lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manny_Fernandez_(wrestler)" title="Manny Fernandez (wrestler)">Manny Fernandez</a>, "The Raging Bull", professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Flair" title="David Flair">David Flair</a>, professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Flair" title="Charlotte Flair">Charlotte Flair</a>, professional wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Gardner_Hoey" title="Margaret Gardner Hoey">Margaret Gardner Hoey</a>, First Lady of North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Max_Gardner" title="Oliver Max Gardner">Oliver Max Gardner</a>, 57th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Governor of North Carolina">governor of North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Gentry" title="Alvin Gentry">Alvin Gentry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">head coach</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Kings" title="Sacramento Kings">Sacramento Kings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a>, singer and songwriter; member of the <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Hall of Fame">Country Music Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Hagan" title="Kay Hagan">Kay Hagan</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. senator</a> for North Carolina<sup id="cite_ref-kayhagan_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kayhagan-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Harbison" title="Charlie Harbison">Charlie Harbison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Tigers_football" title="Missouri Tigers football">University of Missouri</a> defensive backs coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tre_Harbison" title="Tre Harbison">Tre Harbison</a>, NFL running back</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Harrill" title="Robert Harrill">Robert Harrill</a>, the Fort Fisher Hermit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_E._Haynes" title="Keith E. Haynes">Keith E. Haynes</a>, Maryland politician, lawyer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_Hopper" title="Norris Hopper">Norris Hopper</a>, MLB player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatcher_Hughes" title="Hatcher Hughes">Hatcher Hughes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Justice_(halfback)" title="Charlie Justice (halfback)">Charlie Justice</a>, NFL player, two-time <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> runner-up</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Limerick" title="Doug Limerick">Doug Limerick</a>, ABC radio newscaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a>, country music singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manteo_Mitchell" title="Manteo Mitchell">Manteo Mitchell</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 Olympics</a> silver medalist in the men's <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_4_%C3%97_400_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay">4x400 metre relay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Montgomery" title="Scottie Montgomery">Scottie Montgomery</a>, NFL wide receiver, <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Raiders" title="Oakland Raiders">Oakland Raiders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arena_Football_League_(1987-2008)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arena Football League (1987-2008)">Arena Football League</a> player, head coach at <a href="/wiki/East_Carolina_Pirates_football" title="East Carolina Pirates football">East Carolina University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Nanney" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin Nanney">Kevin Nanney</a>, former professional <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._Melee" title="Super Smash Bros. Melee">Super Smash Bros. Melee</a></i> player<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Connection to Shelby not established (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawson_Odums" title="Dawson Odums">Dawson Odums</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Jaguars_football" title="Southern Jaguars football">Southern University football</a> head coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Padgett" title="Travis Padgett">Travis Padgett</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Olympics</a> athlete in the men's <a href="/wiki/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay" title="4 × 100 metres relay">4x100 metre relay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Patterson" title="Floyd Patterson">Floyd Patterson</a>, heavyweight boxing champion, <a href="/wiki/International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Boxing Hall of Fame">Boxing Hall of Famer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Phillips" title="Mel Phillips">Mel Phillips</a>, former NFL safety, former NFL coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Pogue" title="Stephanie Pogue">Stephanie Pogue</a>, artist and art educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Repeta" title="Nina Repeta">Nina Repeta</a>, actress known for her role on <i><a href="/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek" title="Dawson's Creek">Dawson's Creek</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Price_D._Rice" title="Price D. Rice">Price D. Rice</a>, U.S. Army Air Corps/U.S. Air Force colonel and member of the <a href="/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen" title="Tuskegee Airmen">Tuskegee Airmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a>, banjo player and composer on <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Shelby" title="Isaac Shelby">Isaac Shelby</a>, soldier and <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Governor of Kentucky">Governor of Kentucky</a>, for whom the city of Shelby is named</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Smith_(basketball)" title="Charlotte Smith (basketball)">Charlotte Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_National_Basketball_Association" title="Women's National Basketball Association">WNBA</a> basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandon_Spikes" title="Brandon Spikes">Brandon Spikes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Standridge" title="Billy Standridge">Billy Standridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">David Thompson</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">ABA</a> and NBA guard, <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Basketball Hall of Famer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Washburn" title="Cliff Washburn">Cliff Washburn</a>, NFL offensive tackle, <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Washburn" title="Jim Washburn">Jim Washburn</a>, NFL defensive line coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Y._Webb" title="Edwin Y. Webb">Edwin Y. Webb</a>, politician and judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Webb" title="James L. Webb">James L. Webb</a>, politician and judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fay_Webb-Gardner" title="Fay Webb-Gardner">Fay Webb-Gardner</a>, First Lady of North Carolina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Wilkison" title="Tim Wilkison">Tim Wilkison</a>, former professional tennis player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Williams_(defensive_back)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Williams (defensive back)">Robert Williams</a>, former NFL cornerback</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Wright_(baseball)" title="Tom Wright (baseball)">Tom Wright</a>, MLB player<sup id="cite_ref-retrowright_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrowright-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shelby,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-TigerWebMapServer-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TigerWebMapServer_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer">"ArcGIS REST Services Directory"</a>. United States Census Bureau<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 20,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=ArcGIS+REST+Services+Directory&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftigerweb.geo.census.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FTIGERweb%2FPlaces_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD%2FMapServer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShelby%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gnis_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names/2405454">U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shelby, North Carolina</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-USCensusEst2022-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-USCensusEst2022_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/shelbycitynorthcarolina/PST045222">"QuickFacts: Shelby city, North Carolina"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Geological_Survey" title="United States Geological Survey">United States Geological Survey</a>. May 21, 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=QuickFacts%3A+Shelby+city%2C+North+Carolina&rft.pub=United+States+Geological+Survey&rft.date=2023-05-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Fquickfacts%2Ffact%2Ftable%2Fshelbycitynorthcarolina%2FPST045222&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShelby%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR2-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov">"U.S. Census website"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 31,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Census+website&rft.pub=United+States+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShelby%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GR6-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-GR6_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx">"Find a County"</a>. National Association of Counties<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 7,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Find+a+County&rft.pub=National+Association+of+Counties&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naco.org%2FCounties%2FPages%2FFindACounty.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShelby%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gastoniacullingsstatue-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-gastoniacullingsstatue_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-gastoniacullingsstatue_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/73935871/?terms=%22Leroy%2BMcAfee%22">"Cleveland Cullings"</a></span>. <i>The Gastonia Gazette</i>. Gastonia, North Carolina. September 22, 1916. p. 7<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 28,</span> 2016</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>. <q>The announcement that Thomas Dixon will erect a monument on the Shelby court square to the memory of Col. Leroy McAfee is hailed with delight.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Gastonia+Gazette&rft.atitle=Cleveland+Cullings&rft.pages=7&rft.date=1916-09-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F73935871%2F%3Fterms%3D%2522Leroy%252BMcAfee%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShelby%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-resentingdixonsplan-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-resentingdixonsplan_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-resentingdixonsplan_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/76347713/?terms=%22Leroy%2BMcAfee%22">"Cleveland County Is Resenting Dixon's Plan"</a></span>. <i>The Charlotte Observer</i>. October 29, 1916<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 28,</span> 2016</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>. <q>Whether or no Thomas Dixon suspected that such a project would meet with spirited opposition all over his home county and as a piece of news, become circulated widely by newspapers of the South, is another matter but if Mr Dixon wants to stir up things and keep his name before the public to better advertise his productive "The Fall of a Nation", he could not have selected anything more timely. Mr Dixon proposed to erect this monument to Colonel McAfee in Shelby, the county seat of Cleveland County, where "Tommy" was "brought up" and to include a Ku Klux masque.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Cleveland+County+Is+Resenting+Dixon%27s+Plan&rft.date=1916-10-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fimage%2F76347713%2F%3Fterms%3D%2522Leroy%252BMcAfee%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShelby%2C+North+Carolina" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHowe1871–1872" class="citation book cs1">Howe, Albion (1871–1872). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/howe-a-kkkdepositions-f-600grey-bmwm/mode/1up"><i>Depositions from Some of the Victims of the Ku Klux, 1871–1872</i></a>. 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<li><b><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rock_Hill,_South_Carolina" title="Rock Hill, South Carolina">Rock Hill</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20k–50k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina" title="Fort Mill, South Carolina">Fort Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shelby</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5k–20k</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a>‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belmont,_North_Carolina" title="Belmont, North Carolina">Belmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessemer_City,_North_Carolina" title="Bessemer City, North Carolina">Bessemer City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheraw,_South_Carolina" title="Cheraw, South Carolina">Cheraw</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherryville,_North_Carolina" title="Cherryville, North Carolina">Cherryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester,_South_Carolina" title="Chester, South Carolina">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conover,_North_Carolina" title="Conover, North Carolina">Conover</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Norman_of_Catawba,_North_Carolina" title="Lake Norman of Catawba, North Carolina">Lake Norman of Catawba</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_South_Carolina" title="Lancaster, South Carolina">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnton,_North_Carolina" title="Lincolnton, North Carolina">Lincolnton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Holly,_North_Carolina" title="Mount Holly, North Carolina">Mount Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pageland,_South_Carolina" title="Pageland, South Carolina">Pageland</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineville,_North_Carolina" title="Pineville, North Carolina">Pineville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stallings,_North_Carolina" title="Stallings, North Carolina">Stallings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="South Gastonia, North Carolina">South Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Stephens,_North_Carolina" title="St. Stephens, North Carolina">St. Stephens</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionville,_North_Carolina" title="Unionville, North Carolina">Unionville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadesboro,_North_Carolina" title="Wadesboro, North Carolina">Wadesboro</a>¶</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weddington,_North_Carolina" title="Weddington, North Carolina">Weddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_Chapel,_North_Carolina" title="Wesley Chapel, North Carolina">Wesley Chapel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_South_Carolina" title="York, South Carolina">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Bold</b> = principal metro cities</li> <li>‡ = places and counties part of CSA</li> <li>¶ = sometimes included in metropolitan</li></ul> 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Carolina">Patterson Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polkville,_North_Carolina" title="Polkville, North Carolina">Polkville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco,_North_Carolina" title="Waco, North Carolina">Waco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">CDP</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Light_Oak,_North_Carolina" title="Light Oak, North Carolina">Light Oak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toluca,_North_Carolina" title="Toluca, North Carolina">Toluca</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catawba_people" title="Catawba people">Catawba Reservation</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:North_Carolina_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:North Carolina (state)"><span>North Carolina 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href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina" title="History of North Carolina">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">colonial era</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina#American_Revolution" title="History of North Carolina">American Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_War_of_1812" title="North Carolina in the War of 1812">War of 1812</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="North Carolina in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Mass media in North Carolina">Mass media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_North_Carolina" title="List of newspapers in North Carolina">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of radio stations in North Carolina">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_North_Carolina" title="List of television stations in North Carolina">TV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_North_Carolina" title="List of people from North Carolina">North Carolinians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_North_Carolina" title="Politics of North Carolina">Politics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_North_Carolina" title="Government of North Carolina">government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_North_Carolina" title="Law of North Carolina">law</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_Carolina_state_symbols" title="List of North Carolina state symbols">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Tourist_attractions_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Tourist attractions in North Carolina">Tourist attractions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_North_Carolina" title="Abortion in North Carolina">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_North_Carolina" title="Culture of North Carolina">Culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Carolina" title="Music of North Carolina">music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_North_Carolina" title="Sports in North Carolina">sports</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_North_Carolina" title="Climate change in North Carolina">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_North_Carolina" title="Crime in North Carolina">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Carolina" title="Demographics of North Carolina">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_North_Carolina" title="Economy of North Carolina">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina#Education" title="North Carolina">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_North_Carolina" title="Elections in North Carolina">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_North_Carolina" title="Gambling in North Carolina">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_North_Carolina" title="Gun laws in North Carolina">Gun laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in North Carolina">LGBT rights</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#North_Carolina" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#Foothills" title="Western North Carolina">Foothills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#High_Country" title="Western North Carolina">High Country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_North_Carolina" title="Central North Carolina">Piedmont</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Metrolina (Charlotte)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Piedmont Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Triangle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_North_Carolina" title="Eastern North Carolina">Eastern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" title="Sandhills (Carolina)">Sandhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Fear_(region)" title="Cape Fear (region)">Cape Fear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Coast" title="Crystal Coast">Crystal Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Banks" title="Inner Banks">Inner Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Banks" title="Outer Banks">Outer Banks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#Largest_cities" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cary,_North_Carolina" title="Cary, North Carolina">Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston‑Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#A" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina" title="Asheboro, North Carolina">Asheboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrboro,_North_Carolina" title="Carrboro, North Carolina">Carrboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons,_North_Carolina" title="Clemmons, North Carolina">Clemmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuquay-Varina,_North_Carolina" title="Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina">Fuquay-Varina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_North_Carolina" title="Jacksonville, North Carolina">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kernersville,_North_Carolina" title="Kernersville, North Carolina">Kernersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinston,_North_Carolina" title="Kinston, North Carolina">Kinston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland,_North_Carolina" title="Leland, North Carolina">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_North_Carolina" title="Lexington, North Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrisville,_North_Carolina" title="Morrisville, North Carolina">Morrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina" title="New Bern, North Carolina">New Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford,_North_Carolina" title="Sanford, North Carolina">Sanford</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina" title="Thomasville, North Carolina">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson, North Carolina">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Towns_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Towns in North Carolina">Major towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden,_North_Carolina" title="Eden, North Carolina">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_North_Carolina" title="Graham, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_North_Carolina" title="Hendersonville, North Carolina">Hendersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Mills,_North_Carolina" title="Hope Mills, North Carolina">Hope Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisville,_North_Carolina" title="Lewisville, North Carolina">Lewisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberton,_North_Carolina" title="Lumberton, North Carolina">Lumberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morganton,_North_Carolina" title="Morganton, North Carolina">Morganton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_North_Carolina" title="Morehead City, North Carolina">Morehead City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reidsville,_North_Carolina" title="Reidsville, North Carolina">Reidsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Rapids,_North_Carolina" title="Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina">Roanoke Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_North_Carolina" title="Smithfield, North Carolina">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pines,_North_Carolina" title="Southern Pines, North Carolina">Southern Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_North_Carolina" title="Tarboro, North Carolina">Tarboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina" title="Winterville, North Carolina">Winterville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alamance County, North Carolina">Alamance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alexander County, North Carolina">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alleghany County, North Carolina">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Anson County, North Carolina">Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Ashe County, North Carolina">Ashe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Avery County, North Carolina">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort_County,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort County, North Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bertie County, North Carolina">Bertie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bladen County, North Carolina">Bladen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Burke County, North Carolina">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caldwell County, North Carolina">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina" title="Carteret County, North Carolina">Carteret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caswell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caswell County, North Carolina">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catawba_County,_North_Carolina" title="Catawba County, North Carolina">Catawba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chatham County, North Carolina">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowan_County,_North_Carolina" title="Chowan County, North Carolina">Chowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_North_Carolina" title="Clay County, North Carolina">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cleveland County, North Carolina">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Columbus County, North Carolina">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craven_County,_North_Carolina" title="Craven County, North Carolina">Craven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cumberland County, North Carolina">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina" title="Currituck County, North Carolina">Currituck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina" title="Dare County, North Carolina">Dare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson County, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davie County, North Carolina">Davie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Duplin County, North Carolina">Duplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina">Edgecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina" title="Forsyth County, North Carolina">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gaston County, North Carolina">Gaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_County,_North_Carolina" title="Gates County, North Carolina">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Graham County, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granville_County,_North_Carolina" title="Granville County, North Carolina">Granville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_North_Carolina" title="Greene County, North Carolina">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Guilford County, North Carolina">Guilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina" title="Halifax County, North Carolina">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harnett_County,_North_Carolina" title="Harnett County, North Carolina">Harnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haywood_County,_North_Carolina" title="Haywood County, North Carolina">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson County, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertford_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hertford County, North Carolina">Hertford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hoke County, North Carolina">Hoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_County,_North_Carolina" title="Hyde County, North Carolina">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iredell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Iredell County, North Carolina">Iredell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson County, North Carolina">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnston_County,_North_Carolina" title="Johnston County, North Carolina">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jones County, North Carolina">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lee County, North Carolina">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir County, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_North_Carolina" title="Lincoln County, North Carolina">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_North_Carolina" title="Macon County, North Carolina">Macon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_North_Carolina" title="Madison County, North Carolina">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Martin County, North Carolina">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDowell_County,_North_Carolina" title="McDowell County, North Carolina">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mecklenburg County, North Carolina">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Mitchell County, North Carolina">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_North_Carolina" title="Montgomery County, North Carolina">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moore_County,_North_Carolina" title="Moore County, North Carolina">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_County,_North_Carolina" title="Nash County, North Carolina">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hanover_County,_North_Carolina" title="New Hanover County, North Carolina">New Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_North_Carolina" title="Northampton County, North Carolina">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onslow_County,_North_Carolina" title="Onslow County, North Carolina">Onslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamlico_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pamlico County, North Carolina">Pamlico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasquotank_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pasquotank County, North Carolina">Pasquotank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pender_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pender County, North Carolina">Pender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perquimans_County,_North_Carolina" title="Perquimans County, North Carolina">Perquimans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Person_County,_North_Carolina" title="Person County, North Carolina">Person</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitt_County,_North_Carolina" title="Pitt County, North Carolina">Pitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_North_Carolina" title="Polk County, North Carolina">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_North_Carolina" title="Randolph County, North Carolina">Randolph</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Surry_County,_North_Carolina" title="Surry County, North Carolina">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swain_County,_North_Carolina" title="Swain County, North Carolina">Swain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transylvania_County,_North_Carolina" title="Transylvania County, North Carolina">Transylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrrell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Tyrrell County, North Carolina">Tyrrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_North_Carolina" title="Union County, North Carolina">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Vance County, North Carolina">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina">Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_North_Carolina" title="Warren County, North Carolina">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_North_Carolina" title="Washington County, North Carolina">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watauga_County,_North_Carolina" 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina" title="Asheboro, North Carolina">Asheboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakersville,_North_Carolina" title="Bakersville, North Carolina">Bakersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayboro,_North_Carolina" title="Bayboro, North Carolina">Bayboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort, North Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivia,_North_Carolina" title="Bolivia, North Carolina">Bolivia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brevard,_North_Carolina" title="Brevard, North Carolina">Brevard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryson_City,_North_Carolina" title="Bryson City, North Carolina">Bryson City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgaw,_North_Carolina" title="Burgaw, North Carolina">Burgaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnsville,_North_Carolina" title="Burnsville, North Carolina">Burnsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden,_North_Carolina" title="Camden, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carthage,_North_Carolina" title="Carthage, North Carolina">Carthage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton,_North_Carolina" title="Clinton, North Carolina">Clinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia,_North_Carolina" title="Columbia, North Carolina">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_North_Carolina" title="Columbus, North Carolina">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck,_North_Carolina" 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