Welcome to Selby ...So far, we found very little information about Selby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Selby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Selby, please Contact Us. Selby would have been located within present day Putnam County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Selby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. While the community is gone, the present day location for Selby is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Selby was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Selby (for example, toward Sunbright), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Code where Selby was located: 931 Communities Also Named Selby ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Selby - they are located in California, Idaho, Indiana, Ontario, South Dakota and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Selby. Communities near Selby ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Selby.
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 Selby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Selby. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Selby. 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 Selby. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Selby. See our Newspapers Page for Selby. Adding Selby to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Selby in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Selby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Selby. Footnotes ...
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