page_title: Shelby County, Alabama
hierarchical_section_title: Shelby County, Alabama
context_page_description: Shelby County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 195,085. The county seat is Columbiana. The county is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796 and again from 1812 to 1816.
  Shelby County is included in the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Shelby County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 195,085. The county seat is Columbiana. The county is named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky from 1792 to 1796 and again from 1812 to 1816.
  Shelby County is included in the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
caption: Location within the U.S. state of Alabama