Shelby, North Carolina

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Shelby, North Carolina is a small city in Cleveland County known as a cultural and economic hub of the western North Carolina Piedmont, with historic architecture and a strong musical heritage.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
county seat
areaCode 704
980
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
county Cleveland County, North Carolina
elevation approximately 266 meters above sea level
foundedInCentury 19th century
governmentType council–manager government
hasHigherEducationInstitution Cleveland Community College
hasHistoricArchitectureStyle early 20th-century residential architecture
late 19th-century commercial architecture
hasHistoricDistrict Shelby Central Historic District
West Warren Street–West Marion Street Historic District
hasHistoricSite Don Gibson Theatre
Earl Scruggs Center
hasMuseum Earl Scruggs Center
hasNewspaper The Shelby Star
hasPark Hanna Park
Marlon G. Priest Park
hasPerformingArtsVenue Don Gibson Theatre
hasPublicLibrary Cleveland County Memorial Library
hasSportsTeam Shelby High School Golden Lions
hasTransportation North Carolina Highway 150
North Carolina Highway 18
U.S. Route 74 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 74 Business
hostsEvent American Legion World Series
isCountySeatOf Cleveland County, North Carolina
knownFor historic architecture
strong musical heritage
locatedIn Cleveland County, North Carolina
locatedInRegion Piedmont region of North Carolina
western North Carolina
surface form: "western North Carolina Piedmont"
musicalHeritageAssociatedWith bluegrass music
country music
namedAfter Isaac Shelby
partOf Charlotte metropolitan area
Southern United States
surface form: "United States South"
postalCodePrefix 28150
28152
role cultural hub of the western North Carolina Piedmont
economic hub of the western North Carolina Piedmont
state North Carolina
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: "Eastern Daylight Time"

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Piedmont region of North Carolina hasMajorCity Shelby, North Carolina