SHELBY COUNTY POPULATION
POPULATION in 1885 BY TOWNSHIP
| Township | Total | Foreign Born |
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| Cass | 874 | 144 |
| Clay | 1,024 | 380 |
| Douglas | 843 | 101 |
| Fairview | 800 | 250 |
| Greeley | 702 | 79 |
| Grove | 788 | 62 |
| Harlan | 2,564 | 317 |
| Jackson | 824 | 350 |
| Jefferson | 846 | 95 |
| Lincoln | 854 | 140 |
| Monroe | 1,024 | 459 |
| Polk | 584 | 89 |
| Shelby | 1,383 | 244 |
| Union | 1,096 | 175 |
| Washington | 764 | 149 |
| Westphalia | 1,198 | 491 |
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| Total | 16,306 | 3,501 |
Total Population 1854: 326; 1860: 810; 1870: 2,540; 1880: 12,696
**Information from History of Shelby and Audobon county , 1889. p. 254
COMMUNITY POPULATION IN SHELBY COUNTY 1960-1970
Community 1960 1970 Percent Change
Earling 431 573 + 32.9
Panama 257 221 -14.0
Portsmouth 232 239 + 3.0
Shelby 533 868 +62.9
Tennant 95 93 -2.1
Westphalia 131 121 -7.6
Defiance 386 392 +1.6
Elk Horn 679 667 -1.8
Irwin 425 446 +4.9
Kirkman 92 72 -.21.7
Harlan 4,350 5,649 +16.1
Shelby County 15,825 15,528 -1.9
(including rural)
*From History of Shelby County, 1975
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