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Welcome to Selmaville ...

Selmaville is located in Marion County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Selmaville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Selmaville is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Selmaville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Selmaville: 618 & 730<3>

Communities near Selmaville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Selmaville.

  • Centralia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Salem
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sandoval
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wamac
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wamac is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamac
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,117 people
  • Central City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Central City is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,107 people
  • Odin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Odin is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,004 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odin <4>
  • Kinmundy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Irvington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Patoka
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Selmaville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Selmaville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Selmaville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Selmaville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Selmaville. See our Newspapers Page for Selmaville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Selmaville ...

Looking for more information about Selmaville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Selmaville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Selmaville.

Adding Selmaville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Selmaville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Selmaville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Selmaville post office opened in 1898. The Selmaville post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Selmaville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Selmaville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Selmaville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Selmaville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/