Shely Tonwship is located in the southwest corner of Ripley County.
The only Catholic Church in that township is St. Magdelens. It used to be
located in the most southern part of Shelby . but when the government put in
the Jefferson Proivng Ground during WW2 it was relocated in the tiny town of
New Marion. It now stands in what uksed to b e a bank building it has been
remodeled and is very pretty. The proving ground took most of Shelby Township
and it actually borders New Marion on its west side. The church cemetery was
relocated in Madison although some peopel were reintered in the New Marion
Cemetery.
The proving ground left only two towns in Shelby Twp.Reville and New
Marion.