Shelburne County was founded inside 1784 shortly below a inflow of Loyalist settlers evacuated from a new independent United States of America. It gets its title from either Lord Shelburne. He was a British Prime Minister from 1782 to 1783. A boundaries of Shelburne County were established by Governor & Council in December 16, 1785.

A foremost Stalwart arrived around Can 1783. It were faced sustaining the somewhat bleak environment where to make their homes. A land is very jolty by owning acidulous bumpy soil. There was too a good deal of forrest. A locality got antecedently been settled by French speaking Catholic Acadians, many of whom got been ethnically cleansed to Louisiana where their name is preserved in the term Cajun. A newly arrivals involved Black Loyalists who were given deficient land particularly in Birchtown. Inside 1796 about 600 Jamaican Maroons were deported to this area of Nova Scotia besides.

Inside 1824, at once whilst a lines of a total of counties were existence cut out & marked, the boundary between Queens and Shelburne Counties was surveyed.

Around 1836 Shelburne County was divided into deuce separate & distinct counties using Yarmouth County being formed out of what experienced been a portion of Shelburne County.

Within 1854, Shelburne County was divided into 2 districts - a District of Shelburne and the District of Barrington.