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SELMA,
TEXASBexar
/ Comal and Guadalupe Counties | South
Texas
I-35 and Cibolo Creek
16 Miles NE of Downtown San
Antonio
Population:
788 (2000)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
The community dates from 1847 when the land
was open range for cattle. Ranchers
made up the human population until 1860s. A post office was granted in the mid
1850s. The population was a mere 145 until the late 1880s when this region received
an influx of Polish and German immigrants. By the mid 1890s it had increased to
600 residents. For reasons unknown, Selma’s population declined just after the
year 1900. The post office closed and mail was routed through Bracken
after 1906.
Just prior to WWII,
Selma had a population of 100. It wasn’t until 1980 that the population reached
240 residents.
With the phenomenal growth of I-35 between San
Antonio and Austin, the population
reached 788 for the 2000 census. |
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