Editing Shelby, Mississippi (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.1|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|km2|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.39%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

The rear entrance of the [[Mississippi State Penitentiary]] in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Sunflower County, Mississippi|Sunflower County]] is about {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of Shelby, along [[Mississippi Highway 32]].<ref name="CrossFamilyplan">Cross, Robert."[https://archive.today/20130131201440/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/766594902.html?dids=766594902:766594902&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+02,+1985&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=A+prison's+family+plan&pqatl=google A prison's family plan]." ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. October 2, 1985. D1. Retrieved on September 23, 2010. "Ten miles east of Shelby, the sprightly cotton fields along Miss. Hwy. 32 begin to recede, and parched weeds on the shoulder squeeze the road down to a single lane of potholes. Highway 32 continues for a few more yards. Then a steel barricade, flanked by a guard tower, cuts it off."</ref>