Editing Shelbyville, Tennessee (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Shelbyville Tennessee square.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Town Square of Shelbyville]]
Shelbyville is known as "The Pencil City" because of its historical importance as a center of wood-cased [[pencil]] manufacturing.<ref>[http://www.pencils.net/history.cfm Musgrave Pencil Company History], Musgrave Pencil Company website, accessed April 23, 2008</ref><ref name=city>{{cite web|url=http://www.shelbyvilletn.org/|title=shelbyvilletn.org|website=Shelbyvilletn.org|access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref> It is still a site for manufacture of writing instruments. In 1982, National Pen Corporation purchased its largest competitor, U.S. Pencil and Stationery Company.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalpen.com/history.asp |title=National Pen Company |access-date=June 15, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130035221/http://www.nationalpen.com/history.asp |archive-date=January 30, 2009 }}</ref> [[Sanford L.P.|Sanford Corporation]] produced the [[Sharpie (marker)|Sharpie]], the world's top-selling writing instrument, in the city.<ref name=city/> It was in Shelbyville in 1991 that the world's longest pencil was produced, a plastic-cased pencil {{convert|1091|ft}} long, weighing {{convert|27|lb}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pencilpages.com/articles/sanford/tour5.htm|title=Sanford Pencil Factory Tour|first=Doug|last=Martin|website=Pencilpages.com|access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref>

One of last four pencil manufacturers in the United States, [[Musgrave Pencil Company]], is located in Shelbyville.<ref>Danny Freedman, [https://getpocket.com/explore/item/see-inside-one-of-america-s-last-pencil-factories "Inside One of America’s Last Pencil Factories"]. Smithsonian Magazine. 2023.</ref>

Other major business operations in Shelbyville include manufacturers [[Calsonic Kansei]], [[Newell Rubbermaid]], Cebal America, and [[Jostens]]; it is also home to a [[Tyson Foods]] facility and a [[distribution center]] for [[Wal-Mart]], as well as several nationwide trucking businesses.<ref name=city/><ref>A [http://www.shelbyvilletn.com/2003ShelbyvilleGuide.pdf Economic Development Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028113707/http://www.shelbyvilletn.com/2003ShelbyvilleGuide.pdf |date=October 28, 2006 }}, Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, 2003</ref>