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Welcome to Selkirk ...

So far, we found very little information about Selkirk. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Selkirk to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Selkirk, please Contact Us.


Selkirk would have been located within present day Roane County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Selkirk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Selkirk is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Selkirk was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Selkirk (for example, toward Center Ford), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where Selkirk was located: 865

Communities Also Named Selkirk ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Selkirk - they are located in Kansas, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri (2), New York (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Selkirk.

Communities near Selkirk ...

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

  • Oak Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Farragut
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Spring Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • McMullens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • McMullens is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
  • Lakemont Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
  • College Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Clinton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenoir City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • Harriman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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 Selkirk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Selkirk.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Selkirk. 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 Selkirk.

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

Adding Selkirk to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Selkirk 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 Selkirk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Selkirk post office opened in 1891. The Selkirk post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Selkirk.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Selkirk, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Selkirk - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/