S.A. Selman discovered oil on his property in the 1930s, making Selman City an oilfield-dominant community. Raymond A. Crawford served as the first postmaster in 1939. The post office also served Turnertown and Joinerville. Its peak population was 450 in 1947-48, with seven businesses, which declined to 271 from 1980 through 2000 with two new businesses.[2]
Although Selman City is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 75689.[3]
selman, city, texas, selman, city, unincorporated, community, western, rusk, county, texas, united, states, according, handbook, texas, community, population, 2000, located, within, longview, texas, metropolitan, area, selman, cityunincorporated, communityselm. Selman City is an unincorporated community in western Rusk County Texas United States 1 According to the Handbook of Texas the community had a population of 271 in 2000 It is located within the Longview Texas metropolitan area Selman CityUnincorporated communitySelman CityLocation within the state of TexasShow map of TexasSelman CitySelman City the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 32 11 25 N 94 57 43 W 32 19028 N 94 96194 W 32 19028 94 96194CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyRuskElevation407 ft 124 m Population 2000 Total271Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP codes75689GNIS feature ID1377180 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Education 4 ReferencesHistory editS A Selman discovered oil on his property in the 1930s making Selman City an oilfield dominant community Raymond A Crawford served as the first postmaster in 1939 The post office also served Turnertown and Joinerville Its peak population was 450 in 1947 48 with seven businesses which declined to 271 from 1980 through 2000 with two new businesses 2 Although Selman City is unincorporated it has a post office with the ZIP code of 75689 3 Geography editSelman City is located along Texas State Highway 64 and Texas State Highway 42 4 mi 6 4 km southeast of New London in northwestern Rusk County 4 Education editToday the community is served by the West Rusk County Consolidated Independent School District References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Selman City Texas Biesele Megan Selman City TX tshaonline org Retrieved January 4 2023 Zip Code Lookup Selman City Texas Texas Escapes Online Magazine Retrieved January 3 2023 nbsp This article about a location in Rusk County Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selman City Texas amp oldid 1179995321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
