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Shelbyville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shelby County, Texas, United States. It is located seven miles southeast of Center on State Highway 87 and is close to Toledo Bend reservoir. The Shelbyville Independent School District serves area students. == Historical development == The town was founded in the 1820s with settlers from the Nashville, Tennessee, region. The town was originally called Nashville, but was renamed Shelbyville in 1837 to honor the American Revolution hero and Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby. The post office was later opened in 1843. Shelbyville became the flash-point in the Regulator–Moderator War, with most of its major battles being fought in the town or nearby. A Republic of Texas post office had been established by 1843. In 1866, in a contested fight for the county seat, county records were spirited away in the dead of night and Center became the new Shelby County seat of government. The population of Shelbyville in 1884 was 150, which doubled by 1914.