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History · Shelby Township

54% of Shelby Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Dodd Ford Bridge.

1on the National Register
54%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Shelby Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Shelby Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Shelby Township’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story

How Shelby Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Shelby Township.

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Shelby Township was established in 1858, and named after Shelbyville, Indiana, the former home of an early settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Shelby Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2009
Dodd Ford Bridge
Dodd Ford Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt through-truss (camelback)1
Dodd Ford BridgePratt through-truss (camelback)

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Shelby Township
Old Willow CreekPioneer ShelbyvillePleasant ViewSaint Paul's Lutheran

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Pleasant Mound TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSterling Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townVernon Center TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinnebago City TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Shelby Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Shelby Township?

One place: the Dodd Ford Bridge (listed 2009).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.