Shelby_(community),_Wisconsin

Shelby (community), Wisconsin

Shelby (community), Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Shelby is an unincorporated community located in the town of Shelby, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

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History

The community was named for the first governor of Kentucky Isaac Shelby. The first raising of the American flag in Wisconsin occurred in this community when the fort located here was taken from the British.[2]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Shelby, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Gard, Robert E.; Sorden, L. G. (1968). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names (1st ed.). New York, NY: October House. p. 115.


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