Shelbyville, KY

Shelbyville is a central Kentucky city known as the Saddlebred Capital of the World, a title that points to the surrounding horse country and local equestrian economy. Its education history goes back to the Shelbyville Academy, founded in 1798, which later became Shelby College. Today Shelbyville is both a county-seat community and a growing stop between Louisville and Frankfort. It feels like a Kentucky town with courthouse history, horse farms, schools, and Bluegrass-region identity all close at hand.