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]
shelby, community, wisconsin, shelby, unincorporated, community, located, town, shelby, crosse, county, wisconsin, united, states, shelby, wisconsinunincorporated, communityshelbyshow, wisconsinshelbyshow, united, statescoordinates, 76917, 16083, 76917, 16083c. Shelby is an unincorporated community located in the town of Shelby La Crosse County Wisconsin United States 1 Shelby WisconsinUnincorporated communityShelbyShow map of WisconsinShelbyShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 43 46 09 N 91 09 39 W 43 76917 N 91 16083 W 43 76917 91 16083Country United StatesState WisconsinCountyLa CrosseTownShelbyElevation214 m 702 ft Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code608GNIS feature ID1574002 1 History EditThe 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 Edit a b Shelby Wisconsin Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Gard Robert E Sorden L G 1968 The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names 1st ed New York NY October House p 115 This article about a location in La Crosse County Wisconsin is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shelby community Wisconsin amp oldid 1167670749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,