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Selma, TX - History
We would like to provide the residents of Selma a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Selma Home page. The Selma Home page provides as much information as possible on Selma. Knowing Selma’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Selma’s Home page, you will also find Selma’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Selma has a population of 11241. 49.2% of Selma’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.8 are female. 49.8% of Selma is married and 54.6% own their own home. The Average Home price is $202,609, and the average rent is $1,524. Household median income in Selma is $84,712, and the individual median income is $37,273. Selma’s Ethnic is the following: White(49.7%), Hispanic(32.4%), Black(24.7%), Multiple(10.1%), Other(8.4%), Asian(6.8%), Pacific(0.2%), Native(0.1%).
Selma was settled in 1847 by immigrants from several European countries. The name Selma is a traditional German girl's name. In 1849, the Harrison and Brown stagecoach stop was built in Selma to handle passengers and freight on the San Antonio to Austin stagecoach line. John Harrison and his wife Martha moved to Selma in 1852, and he became the first postmaster of the town when the post office opened in 1856.
Harrison was also co-owner of the Harrison and McCulloch stage line, which ran a postal route through Selma. Harrison's house still stands by Cibolo Creek, where it was built and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. German and Polish immigrants constituted most of the next wave of immigrants who settled in the area.
By 1885, the population was 145, and at the turn of the century, the population peaked at 600. The population began a quick decline, so much that by 1906, the post office was closed. Selma's population dropped to 100 in 1940. The city incorporated in 1964 and has seen tremendous growth along the Interstate 35 corridor since 2000. The Retama Racing Park opened in 1995, and The Forum, a 110-shop outdoor mall, opened in 2000.
The old Harrison and Brown stagecoach stop was restored and rechristened the Selma Stage Stop, along with a visitor's center and park. Today, Selma is a bustling suburb of San Antonio, but it retains its German and European heritage in its name and in the descendants of Europeans who still call this town home.
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