Shelbyville
Rival community nearby
Shelbyville is a common American place name, appearing in multiple states including Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
The name typically honors Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War hero and Kentucky's first governor.
In popular culture, Shelbyville is the rival town to Springfield in *The Simpsons*, representing small-town parochialism and petty municipal rivalries: Those Shelbyville jerks think they're better than us.
Common American placename
- SimpsonsAnimated TV family
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- lemon treeCitrus-bearing evergreen
- monorailSingle-beam transit vehicle
satire · parody · animation · Matt Groening · television · sitcom
Cultivated grain expanses
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- heartlandCentral region of significance
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- soybeansProtein-rich Asian legume
silos · tractors · harvest · county fair · farmsteads · homestead · Main Street · water tower
Local governing district
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- communityCollective of connected people
- villageSmall rural community
borough · hamlet · county seat · downtown · city hall · courthouse · railroad · depot
Springfield
Common American placename
- SimpsonsAnimated TV family
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- lemon treeCitrus-bearing evergreen
monorail · satire · parody · animation · Matt Groening · television · sitcom
cornfields
Cultivated grain expanses
soybeans · silos · tractors · harvest · county fair · farmsteads · homestead · Main Street · water tower · grain elevator
municipality
Local governing district
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- communityCollective of connected people
village · borough · hamlet · county seat · downtown · city hall · courthouse · railroad · depot · founders
- Illinois placesSpringfield, Champaign, Urbana, Bloomington, Normal
- Kentucky PlacesLexington, Louisville, Frankfort, Bowling Green, Covington
- Simpsons locationsSpringfield, Kwik-E-Mart, Moe's Tavern, Springfield Elementary, nuclear plant
- Northern MissouriAlbany, Bethany, Boonville, Brookfield, Cameron
- Shelby CountyAlabaster, Pelham, Helena, Chelsea, Vincent
- South TennesseeColumbia, Fayetteville, Lawrenceburg, Lewisburg, Lynchburg