Selma may refer to:
Places
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Selma, Algeria
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Selma, Nova Scotia
Selma is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of East Hants in Hants County.
Acadians
The LeJeune Family lived in Selma prior to the Acadian Exodus from the area in 1750 durin ...
, Canada
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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, 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. About ...]
, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches
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Selma, Arkansas
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Selma, California, city in Fresno County
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Selma, Colorado
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Selma, Indiana
Selma is a town in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Indiana, Liberty Township, Delaware County, Indiana, 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 Metropol ...
, town in Delaware County
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Selma, Iowa
Selma is an unincorporated community in northwestern Van Buren County, Iowa, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 16 northwest of the city of Keosauqua, the county seat of Van Buren County. Its elevation is 617 feet (188 m).
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Selma, Kansas
Selma is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Kansas
Anderson County (county code AN) is a county located in East Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,836. Its county sea ...
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Selma, Louisiana
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Selma, Michigan
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Selma, Mississippi
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Selma, Missouri Selma is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on the west side of US Route 61 approximately six miles southeast of Festus. The Mississippi River floodplain lies two mi ...
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Selma, North Carolina, town in Johnston County
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Selma, Ohio Selma is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio, USA.
History
Selma was platted in 1842 when the Xenia and Columbus Pike was extended to that point. A post office called Selma was established in 1841, and remained in op ...
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Selma, Oregon
Selma is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 695. It is located in the ZIP code of 97538.
Geography
Selma is just southwest of ...
, unincorporated community in Josephine County
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Selma, South Carolina
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Selma, Texas, a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties
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Selma, Virginia
Selma is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alleghany County, Virginia, United States. The population was 529 at the 2010 census.
History
Oakland Grove Presbyterian Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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Selma Township (disambiguation), various
Historic buildings
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Selma Union Depot, a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina
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Selma (Eastville, Virginia), a plantation house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
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Selma (Leesburg, Virginia), a mansion and former plantation property
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Selma (Winchester, Virginia), home of Virginia Senator
James M. Mason
James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798April 28, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as senator from Virginia, having previously represented Frederick County, Virginia, in the Virginia House of Delegates.
A grandson of George M ...
, destroyed by Union troops in 1863. A subsequent more modest home on the same site still uses the name.
Other uses
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Selma (name), a given name and a surname
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''Selma'' (film), a 2014 film based on the Selma to Montgomery marches
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"Selma" (Bijelo Dugme song), 1974
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''Selma'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails
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Selma (lake monster)
In Norwegian folklore, Selma is a legendary sea serpent said to live in the Lake Seljord () in Seljord, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway.
The sea serpent Selma has been depicted in the coat of arms of Seljord since 1989. Designed by sculpturer, T ...
, in folklore, a sea monster in Seljord, Norway
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Selma to Montgomery marches, three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement
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