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Do you know of Selma ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Selma. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Selma.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Selma, so we are uncertain whether Selma is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Selma would be found somewhere in Osborne County, Kansas.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Selma ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Selma.

There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Selma.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Selma [Anderson County].
    • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Selma [Geary County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Selma [Dallas County].
    • Arkansas
      • Drew County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Selma [Drew County].
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Selma [Fresno County].
    • Colorado
      • Logan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Selma [Logan County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Selma [Hillsborough County].
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Selma [McLean County].
      • Wabash County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Selma [Wabash County].
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Selma [Delaware County].
    • Iowa
      • Van Buren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Selma [Van Buren County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harrison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Selma [Harrison County].
    • Louisiana
      • Grant Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Selma [Grant Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Selma [Marquette County].
      • Wexford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Selma [Wexford County].
    • Minnesota
      • Cottonwood County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Selma [Cottonwood County].
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Selma [Adams County].
    • Missouri
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Selma [Jefferson County].
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Selma [Saint Louis County].
    • Montana
      • Liberty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Selma [Liberty County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Selma [Johnston County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Selma.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Selma [Clark County].
    • Oregon
      • Josephine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Selma [Josephine County].
    • South Carolina
      • Dillon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Selma [Dillon County].
    • Texas
      • Bexar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Selma [Bexar County].
      • Montague County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Selma [Montague County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Selma [Salt Lake County].
    • Virginia
      • Alleghany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Selma [Alleghany County].
      • Staunton City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Selma [Staunton City].

More Orphans in  Osborne County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Osborne County.

ArlingtonIndependence
 Irwin Creek
Banks 
BeaverKill Creek
Black Hawk 
Bullock's RancheLiberty Center
 Lone Tree
Centerville 
ColfaxMannings Ranch
 Mill Creek
DarrelMount Ayr
DelhiMount Pleasant
Deliverance 
DialPleasant Hill
DudleyPleasant Plain
 Potterville
Fagan 
Free WillRose Valley
Fritchey City 
 South Side
Grand CentreStuyvesant
  
HandyTwin Creek
High Hill 
Hot HillWest Paradise
HudsonWorley
  
IdavilleYoxall

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Selma could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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