Do you know of Selection ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Selection. 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 Selection.<1>

Our sources for Selection (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Selection other than they indicate that Selection would be found somewhere in Pleasants County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Selection ...

We found one communities that share the name Selection.

Within West Virginia, the name Selection is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Selection in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Selection [Monroe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Selection ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Selection:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Selection - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Pleasants County ...

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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 Pleasants County.