Maps of Shelby County's agricultural land uses and other features (2003 - 2005):

In early 2002, Maintain Our Rural Environment received funding of $20,000 from the Kentucky PACE Corporation and $10,000 from the Shelby County Fiscal Court as part of a $42,000 project to promote a local Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program. A PDR program would buy the development rights from farmland owners so that the land would be retained for agricultural uses. MORE used some of the project funds to purchase a laptop computer and GIS software. From 2003 through 2005, MORE surveyed the county for agricultural uses. MORE also cost-shared with the Shelby County PVA to digitize the PVA plats. From these various activities, MORE generated the maps below. 

Cattle

See the locations of Shelby County's dairy and cattle farms in 2004, click here.

Equine

See the locations of horses, mules, and donkeys in Shelby County in 2005, by type of commercial activity! Commercial is a business that boards, breeds, trains, or gives riding lessons for money. Non-commercial is all other equine activities. Click here for the map.

Saddlebred horses

See a mapof the American Saddlebred horse farms in Shelby County as well as the other equine farms in 2005!

PACE

See the farms that have applied to the Kentucky Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements (PACE) program and the ones in the PACE program. Click here for the map. 

Shelby County Magisterial Districts and Precincts

Shelby County is divided into seven voting districts called Magisterial Districts. The boundaries of these districts were redrawn in 2000. To view the present district lines and the precincts in each district, click this link. The file can be viewed with Acrobat Reader. Zoom in and out to better see the details. Agricultural Conservation Easements in Magisterial Districts of Shelby County.

 

  

Shelby County maps 2008 - 2009

In 2007 with gas expense money from the Shelby County Cooperative Extension Service, MORE again rode all the roads in Shelby County to inventory the agricultural activities on the lands. Agricultural uses included: Livestock- Horses, Mini horses, Donkeys, Mini donkeys, Mules, Burros, Ponies, Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Llamas, Alpacas, Poultry, Sheep, Goats, Rabbits. Bees, Emus, Game Birds, Swine, Other livestock; Crops - Tobacco, Hay, Wheat, Corn, Soybeans, Vegetables, Fruits, Sod, Flowers, Nursery, Greenhouse, Timber, Winery, Pasture, Other crops; Agricultural Use Support Services -Tractor, Implement, Seed, Fertilizer, Chemical, Veterinary, Stud, A.I., Breeding, Training, Boarding, Riding Lessons, Camps, Agri-tourism, Crops, Feed, Fence, Farrier, Fuel, Welding, Custom hire, Transport, Other ag equipment &, supplies (motors,bolts,trailers,saddles,etc.), Other ag support services.

Forestry

See the PVA parcels on which landowners have received assistance from the Kentucky Division of Forestry to manage their woodlands and timber. Click here.

Honey Bees

Click here to see the honey bee hives in Shelby County!

Ag Uses Density

Click Ag Uses Density map to see the coverage of agricultural uses in Shelby County.

Prime Farmland

According to the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Shelby County has a high percentage of Prime Farmland. Click Important Farmland map to see the prime farmland and farmland of statewide importance in Shelby County.

Equine

See the parcels that have horses, mule, donkeys, and other equine animals on them. Click here.

Saddlebred Horses

Bet you already know that Shelby County is the Saddlebred Capital of the World! See the map for the locations of Saddlebred horses in 2009!

Subdivisions of Farmlands

 In recent years, over 20% of Shelby County's residential growth has occurred in agriculturally zoned lands. Click this link to see the farms that have been subdivided between 2001 and 2009.

Cattle

Shelby County has lots of cattle, more cattle than horses. Click here to see the map.

Livestock 

 See the areas of the county that have livestock. Click here to see the map.

Croplands

 Shelby County has an abundance of cropland. Click cropland map to see it.

Horticulture

See the horticultural areas of Shelby County agriculture.