Selman City, Texas

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History

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]

Geography

Selman City is located along Texas State Highway 64 and Texas State Highway 42, Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of New London in northwestern Rusk County.[4]

Education

Today, the community is served by the West Rusk County Consolidated Independent School District.

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