Editing Shelbyville, Kentucky (section)

===Early history===
The town of Shelbyville was established in October 1792 at the first meeting of the Shelby County Court after local landowner '''William Shannon''' agreed to surrender {{convert|50|acres|sp=us}} of his property to the community and provide 1 free acre for public buildings.<ref name=louse>{{cite book |last = Long |first = Charles T. |editor-first = John E. |editor-last = Kleber |year = 2001 |title = The Encyclopedia of Louisville |publisher = [[University Press of Kentucky]] |location = [[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn = 0-8131-2100-0 |oclc = 247857447 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |chapter = Shelbyville |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&pg=PA810 |pages = 810–812 |access-date = February 17, 2016 |archive-date = March 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status = live }}</ref> As a result of the grant, Shelbyville, rather than the nearby [[Squire Boone's Station]], became the home of [[Shelby County, Kentucky|Shelby County]].<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987.</ref> The agricultural town was situated on the western bank of [[Clear Creek (Kentucky)|Clear Creek]] at the confluence of [[Mulberry Creek (Kentucky)|Mulberry Creek]] and near a road between [[Louisville]] and [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]. The town required new residents to construct a 1½-story log cabin with a stone chimney; by 1795, there were 40 of these and, by 1800, there were 262 residents residing in '''Shelbyville'''. New lots were platted in 1803, 1815, and 1816.<ref name=louse/>

The Shelbyville Academy was established in 1798 at Eighth and Washington; it became Shelby College and moved to College Street in 1836,<ref name=louse/> affiliated with the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] in 1841,<ref>{{cite book |last = Receveur |first = Sharon |editor-first = John E. |editor-last = Kleber |year = 2001 |title = The Encyclopedia of Louisville |publisher = [[University Press of Kentucky]] |location = [[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn = 0-8131-2100-0 |oclc = 247857447 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |chapter = Episcopalians |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&pg=PA275 |page = 275 |access-date = February 17, 2016 |archive-date = March 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status = live }}</ref> changed its name to the St. James College after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], and closed in 1871, replaced by a public elementary school. The Science Hill Female Academy was established in 1825 on Washington Street; it functioned as a college preparatory school for young women throughout the South prior to closing in 1939 at the end of the [[Great Depression]]. The Shelbyville Female Seminary was established in 1839 and moved to its longtime residence at Seventh and Main in 1846. It became the Shelbyville Female Institute in 1849, the Presbyterian Stuart's Female College in 1851, the Shelbyville Female College in 1868, and the Baptist Shelbyville College from 1890 until its closure in 1912.

The [[Louisville and Shelbyville Turnpike]] was completed in the 1830s, following a ridgeline path between the two sites dating back to the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Weeter |first = Joanne |editor-first = John E. |editor-last = Kleber |year = 2001 |title = The Encyclopedia of Louisville |publisher = [[University Press of Kentucky]] |location = [[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn = 0-8131-2100-0 |oclc = 247857447 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |chapter = Clifton |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&pg=PA206 |page = 206 |access-date = February 17, 2016 |archive-date = March 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status = live }}</ref> After the [[Louisville and Frankfort Railroad]] was constructed near the road in present-day [[Cherokee Gardens]] in 1849, the turnpike company rerouted and constructed a new road nearby (originally known as the "Shelbyville Branch", now Lexington Avenue in [[Louisville]]) which was completed in 1851.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first = John E. |editor-last = Kleber |year = 2001 |title = The Encyclopedia of Louisville |publisher = [[University Press of Kentucky]] |location = [[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn = 0-8131-2100-0 |oclc = 247857447 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |chapter = Cherokee Gardens |chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&pg=PA176 |page = 176 |access-date = February 17, 2016 |archive-date = March 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230313151808/https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC |url-status = live }}</ref>