Mount Selman, Texas

Mount Selman, Texas
—  Unincorporated community  —
Mount Selman, Texas
Coordinates: 32°04′06″N 95°17′03″W / 32.06833°N 95.28417°W / 32.06833; -95.28417Coordinates: 32°04′06″N 95°17′03″W / 32.06833°N 95.28417°W / 32.06833; -95.28417
Country	United States
State	Texas
County	Cherokee
Elevation	696 ft (212 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	430, 903
GNIS feature ID	1342114[1]

Mount Selman is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 69, Farm to Market Road 177, and Farm to Market Road 855, 20 miles (32 km) north of Rusk.

History

Mount Selman was established in 1884 along the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad. Its post office opened the same year as its creation. The community became a shipping center along the railroad for peaches, plums, and tomatoes. Its population peaked at 500 in 1914, and the town began to decline after that point. The post office closed in 1973, and the population was estimated at 200 in 2000.^[2]

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Selman, Texas
2. ^ MOUNT SELMAN, TEXAS from the Handbook of Texas Online