Shelby County, Illinois
61 public bodies govern here, 4 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 20,720
- Median household income
- $72,095
- ±4,523
- Unemployed
- 3.0%
- 313 of 10,373 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 88.6%
- 7,904 of 8,918 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Shelby | 20,789 (2021) | Po Box 230, Shelbyville | — |
Cities, towns and villages 11
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Shelbyville | 4,609 (2021) | 170 E Main St, Shelbyville | Website |
| City of Windsor | 1,060 (2021) | 1016 Maine St, Windsor | Website |
| Town of Sigel | 321 (2021) | Po Box 203, Sigel | — |
| Village of Cowden | 509 (2021) | Po Box 392, Cowden | — |
| Village of Findlay | 657 (2021) | Po Box 199, Findlay | — |
| Village of Herrick | 357 (2021) | 5 N Broadway, Herrick | — |
| Village of Moweaqua | 1,733 (2021) | 122 N Main St, Moweaqua | — |
| Village of Oconee | 139 (2021) | Po Box 151, Oconee | — |
| Village of Stewardson | 722 (2021) | Po Box 206, Stewardson | — |
| Village of Strasburg | 525 (2021) | Po Box 385, Strasburg | Website |
| Village of Tower Hill | 478 (2021) | Village Hall, Tower Hill | — |
Townships 24
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Township of Ash Grove | 412 (2021) | Po Box 77, Windsor | — |
| Township of Big Spring | 613 (2021) | 658 County Highway 9, Neoga | — |
| Township of Clarksburg | 360 (2021) | 795 N 2150 E Rd, Shelbyville | — |
| Township of Cold Spring | 323 (2021) | 814 County Highway 12, Tower Hill | — |
| Township of Dry Point | 950 (2021) | 329 N 1400 East Rd, Cowden | — |
| Township of Flat Branch | 415 (2021) | 1060 E 2500 North Rd, Moweaqua | — |
| Township of Herrick | 537 (2021) | Po Box 16, Herrick | — |
| Township of Holland | 387 (2021) | Po Box 189, Stewardson | — |
| Township of Lakewood | 390 (2021) | 462 N 1675 East Rd, Cowden | — |
| Township of Moweaqua | 1,898 (2021) | 402 E Warren St, Moweaqua | — |
| Township of Oconee | 781 (2021) | 41 Beyers Lake Est, Pana | — |
| Township of Okaw | 886 (2021) | Po Box 178, Shelbyville | — |
| Township of Penn | 87 (2021) | 1326 E 3000 North Rd, Moweaqua | — |
| Township of Pickaway | 153 (2021) | 1614 E 2300 North Rd, Findlay | — |
| Township of Prairie | 1,210 (2021) | 405 W South 4th St, Stewardson | — |
| Township of Richland | 802 (2021) | 1051 N 2700 East Rd, Strasburg | — |
| Township of Ridge | 410 (2021) | 1978 N 1600 East Rd, Findlay | — |
| Township of Rose | 1,894 (2021) | 1279 N 1400 E Road, Shelbyville | — |
| Township of Rural | 308 (2021) | 1672 N 1100 East Rd, Tower Hill | — |
| Township of Shelbyville | 4,455 (2021) | 212 E South 1st St, Shelbyville | — |
| Township of Sigel | 720 (2021) | Po Box 162, Sigel | — |
| Township of Todds Point | 467 (2021) | Po Box 514, Findlay | — |
| Township of Tower Hill | 961 (2021) | 950 N 800 East Rd, Tower Hill | — |
| Township of Windsor | 1,370 (2021) | 2687 E 1500 N Rd, Windsor | — |
Special districts 25
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Grove Main Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 241 County Road 1000 N, Neoga | — |
| Ash Grove-Duck Creek Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 206 N Vine St, Gays | — |
| Flat Branch Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 972 E 2400 North Rd, Moweaqua | — |
| Flat Branch-Assumption Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | Po Box 320, Taylorville | — |
| Oconee Township Drainage District 1 | Drainage | Po Box 113, Oconee | — |
| Penn Drainage District 1 Pickaway-Penn Townships | Drainage | 10849 McDonald Rd, Dalton City | — |
| Prairie Township Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 2408 County Highway 6, Mode | — |
| Prairie Township Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 468 N 2700 East Rd, Stewardson | — |
| Shelbyville-Clarksburg Townships Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | Po Box 647, Shelbyville | — |
| Tower Hill Combined Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 151 S Morgan Street, Shelbyville | — |
| Shelby County Housing Authority | Housing and community development | Po Box 252, Shelbyville | — |
| Moweaqua Public Library District | Libraries | 600 N Putnam St, Moweaqua | Website |
| Windsor Storm Memorial Public Library District | Libraries | 102 S Maple St, Windsor | Website |
| Cowden Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 211, Cowden | — |
| Findlay Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 169, Findlay | Website |
| Herrick Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 132, Herrick | — |
| Moweaqua Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 120 W Wall St, Moweaqua | — |
| Shelbyville Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 110 N Heinlein Dr, Shelbyville | — |
| Sigel Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 161, Sigel | — |
| Stewardson Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 214 N Pine St, Stewardson | — |
| Strasburg Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 1051, Strasburg | — |
| Tower Hill Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 405, Tower Hill | — |
| Windsor Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 1515 Maine St, Windsor | — |
| Moweaqua Park District | Parks and recreation | Po Box 164, Moweaqua | — |
| Shelby County Soil and Water Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 111 N Cedar St, Shelbyville | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
Cowden-Herrick CUSD 3A
School district2 schools
633 County Highway 22, Cowden, IL, 62422
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Shelbyville CUSD 4
School district4 schools
720 W Main St, Shelbyville, IL, 62565
Stewardson-Strasburg CUD 5A
School district2 schools
2806 E 600 North Rd, Strasburg, IL, 62465
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Windsor CUSD 1
School district2 schools
1424 Minnesota Ave, Windsor, IL, 61957
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Assumption Farmers Market (100 N Chestnut St Assumption) · Taylorville Market Day (100 N Main St. Taylorville) · Taylorville Farmers' Marketplace (Taylorville)
Mattoon Farmers Market (500 Broadway Avenue Mattoon) · 18th Street Farmers Market (825 18th Street Charleston)
Effingham Farmers' Market (Effingham)
Vandalia, Illinois Farmers' Market (4th Street Vandalia)
Saturday Produce Market (Decatur) · Richland Farmers Market (One College Park Decatur)
Nokomis Farmers Market (301 E State St. Nokomis)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.