Selma may refer to:

Places

* Selma, Algeria * Selma, Nova Scotia, 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, Alabama, 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. ...

Selma, California Selma is a city in Fresno County, California. The population was 23,319 at the 2010 census, up from 19,240 at the 2000 census. Selma is located southeast of Fresno, at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m). Geography According to the United State ...

, city in Fresno County * Selma, Colorado * Selma, Indiana, town in Delaware County *

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). ...

* 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, the 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 populati ...

, town in Johnston County * Selma, Ohio * Selma, Oregon, unincorporated community in Josephine County * Selma, South Carolina *

Selma, Texas Selma is a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. 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 by ...

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

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. Geograph ...

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 Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. sta ...

, various

Historic buildings

Selma Union Depot Selma Union Depot, also known as Selma Union Station, is a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina. Built in 1924, it is currently served by two Amtrak passenger trains, the '' Palmetto'' and the '' Carolinian.'' It is located at 500 Eas ...

, 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 throu ...

, a mansion and former plantation property *

Selma (Winchester, Virginia) Selma may refer to: Places * Selma, Algeria *Selma, Nova Scotia, Canada * Selma, Switzerland, village in the Grisons United States: *Selma, Alabama, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches *Selma, Arkansas *Selma, Ca ...

, 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 (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 " ...

, a given name and a surname * ''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 folklore, a sea monster in Seljord, Norway *

Selma to Montgomery marches The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the ...

, three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement {{disambiguation, geo