Selma may refer to:

Places

In the United States

Selma, Alabama Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. Abou ...

, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches *

Selma, Arkansas Selma is an unincorporated community in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. Selma is the location of a historic Rosenwald School, the Selma Rosenwald School, that was built in 1924 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. E ...

Selma, California Selma is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 24,674 at the 2020 census, up from 23,319 at the 2010 census and 19,240 at the 2000 census. Selma is located southeast of Fresno, at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m). Geograph ...

, city in Fresno County * Selma, Colorado *

Selma, Indiana Selma is a town in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 747. It is part of the Muncie, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Selma was platted in 1852 when th ...

, town in Delaware County * Selma, Iowa * Selma, Kansas * Selma, Louisiana * Selma, Michigan * Selma, Mississippi * Selma, Missouri *

Selma, North Carolina Selma is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. In 2010, its population was 6,073, and as of 2018 the estimated population was 6,913. Selma is part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area. The area has a populatio ...

, town in Johnston County * Selma, Ohio *

Selma, Oregon Selma is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Josephine County, Oregon, Josephine County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census it had a population of 695. As of ...

, unincorporated community in Josephine County * Selma, South Carolina *

Selma, Texas Selma is a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties in Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 10,952 at the 2020 census, up from 5,540 at the 2010 census. Selma was settled b ...

, a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties * Selma, Virginia *

Selma Township (disambiguation) Selma Township may refer to the following places in the United States: * Selma Township, Michigan * Selma Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota *Selma Township, Johnston County, North Carolina ;See also: * Selma (disambiguation) {{geodis Tow ...

, various places

Elsewhere

Selma, Nova Scotia Selma is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Municipality of the District of East Hants, East Hants Municipality in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Hants County. History Acadians The L ...

, Canada *

Selma, Switzerland Selma is a former municipality in Moesa District in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Arvigo, Braggio, Cauco and Selma merged to form the new municipality of Calanca.Selma Union Depot Selma Union Depot, also known as Selma Union Station and Selma–Smithfield, is a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina, and near the town of Smithfield, North Carolina, Smithfield. Built in 1924, it is currently served by two Amtrak ...

, a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina *

Selma (Eastville, Virginia) Selma is a historic plantation house located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. The original section of the manor house was built about 1785, and was a two-story, three-bay with a side-passage and single pile plan topped with a gambrel ...

, a plantation house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) *

Selma (Leesburg, Virginia) Selma is a historic property and former plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia, near Leesburg. Selma is best known as the residence of Armistead Thomson Mason (4 August 1787–6 February 1819), a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 throug ...

, a mansion and former plantation property *

Selma (Winchester, Virginia) Selma may refer to: Places In the United States *Selma, Alabama, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches * Selma, Arkansas *Selma, California, city in Fresno County * Selma, Colorado * Selma, Indiana, town in Delaw ...

, home of Virginia Senator James M. Mason, destroyed by Union troops in 1863. A subsequent more modest home on the same site still uses the name.

Other uses

Selma (given name) Selma is a feminine name of ambiguous origin. It could be a form of '' Selima'', which in turn is a name first recorded in a poem by Thomas Gray (died 1771). One possibility is that ''Selima'' was influenced by the Arabic name ''Selim'' meaning "p ...

Selma (surname) Selma is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c. 1595 – after 1638), Spanish composer and dulcian player * Dani Selma (Daniel Selma Mercader; born 2001), Spanish footballer * Dick Selma (1943� ...

* ''Selma'' (film), a 2014 film based on the Selma to Montgomery marches * "Selma" (Bijelo Dugme song), 1974 * ''Selma'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails *

Selma (lake monster) In Scandinavian folklore, Norwegian folklore, Selma (, "Seljord serpent") is a legendary sea serpent said to live in the Seljordsvatnet, Lake Seljord () in Seljord, Telemark, Norway. The sea serpent Selma has been depicted in the coat of arm ...

, in folklore, a sea monster in Seljord, Norway *

Selma to Montgomery marches The Selma to Montgomery marches were three Demonstration (protest), protest marches, held in 1965, along the highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery. The marches were organized by Nonviolence, nonvi ...

, three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement * Mount Selma, Victoria, Australia {{disambiguation, geo