Shelby County
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Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) was Kentucky's first and fifth governor. A major employer in Harlan is CDS Global, which handles subscriptions for more than 1,000 print and digital magazine titles.
Kringle, a Scandinavian pastry, is pronounced KRING-la.
There are nine Shelby counties
Throughout the U.S.A.
How did Kentucky's governor
Ever get so famed?
Harlan has a courthouse square.
An opera house with movies.
An address for your magazines.
The county's only Casey's.
In Elk Horn, you'll find many Danes,
Some kringle and a windmill.
At Prairie Rose State Park,
A lake and camping on a hill.
Panama, Defiance, Portsmouth,
Earling and Westphalia.
Each with its German Catholic church,
The locals here will tell ya.