A post office was opened in Selma in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956. At one time, Selma had a one room elementary school, two churches (Christian and Methodist), a blacksmith shop, a hotel, a general store, a drug store, a lumber yard, service station, and other small businesses. The town even had a physician for a short time. The town had two newspapers in its history, The Telephone (published April 1895-March 1896) and The Selma News-Herald (1965-1968).[2]
Selma was established at the junction of the Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroads in 1887. The town initially had two names, as the KN&D named its depot "Trilby," but the MKT named the location "Selma." The latter became the permanent name for the town (the KN&D discontinued its operations in 1934). The MKT maintained its depot until some time in the 1940s. Selma was once a livestock loading point on the Katy's Kansas City to Parsons line, which was purchased by the Union Pacific in 1988. The line is still active today.[citation needed]
Although the town lost its business district over the years, two symbols of the community remained: the Methodist Church and the School (which served as a community center after Selma Elementary School was closed and consolidated with the elementary school in Kincaid in 1964). The community had an active 4-H club and church organizations. The Methodist Church remained the central point for the community until 2001 when the declining number of parishioners forced a consolidation of the Selma church with its counterpart in nearby Kincaid. The consolidated congregation built a new church in Kincaid, and, with no need for separate facilities, the original church buildings in each community were torn down.[citation needed]
Today, only a handful of people live in Selma. The century-old school building, originally built in 1921, still stands.
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^ abcU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Selma, Kansas
^. Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
selma, kansas, selma, unincorporated, community, anderson, county, kansas, united, states, located, approximately, four, miles, north, northeast, kincaid, next, railroad, unincorporated, communitykdot, anderson, county, legend, selmashow, kansasselmashow, unit. Selma is an unincorporated community in Anderson County Kansas United States 1 It is located approximately four miles north northeast of Kincaid next to a railroad Selma KansasUnincorporated communityKDOT map of Anderson County legend SelmaShow map of KansasSelmaShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 08 05 N 95 07 24 W 38 13472 N 95 12333 W 38 13472 95 12333CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyAndersonElevation 1 1 063 ft 324 m Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT FIPS code20 63925GNIS ID477894 1 Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksHistory editA post office was opened in Selma in 1887 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1956 At one time Selma had a one room elementary school two churches Christian and Methodist a blacksmith shop a hotel a general store a drug store a lumber yard service station and other small businesses The town even had a physician for a short time The town had two newspapers in its history The Telephone published April 1895 March 1896 and The Selma News Herald 1965 1968 2 Selma was established at the junction of the Kansas Nebraska and Dakota and the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroads in 1887 The town initially had two names as the KN amp D named its depot Trilby but the MKT named the location Selma The latter became the permanent name for the town the KN amp D discontinued its operations in 1934 The MKT maintained its depot until some time in the 1940s Selma was once a livestock loading point on the Katy s Kansas City to Parsons line which was purchased by the Union Pacific in 1988 The line is still active today citation needed Although the town lost its business district over the years two symbols of the community remained the Methodist Church and the School which served as a community center after Selma Elementary School was closed and consolidated with the elementary school in Kincaid in 1964 The community had an active 4 H club and church organizations The Methodist Church remained the central point for the community until 2001 when the declining number of parishioners forced a consolidation of the Selma church with its counterpart in nearby Kincaid The consolidated congregation built a new church in Kincaid and with no need for separate facilities the original church buildings in each community were torn down citation needed Today only a handful of people live in Selma The century old school building originally built in 1921 still stands References edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Selma Kansas Kansas Post Offices 1828 1961 Kansas Historical Society Archived from the original on October 9 2013 Retrieved June 4 2014 Further reading editSee also List of books about Anderson County KansasExternal links editAnderson County maps Current Historic KDOT nbsp This article about a location in Anderson County Kansas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selma Kansas amp oldid 1176315397, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
