{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Selma, Iowa |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =

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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP codes |postal_code = 52588 |area_code = |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 461502 |website = |footnotes = }} '''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.<ref>Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '08.'' Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 39.</ref> Its elevation is 617&nbsp;feet (188&nbsp;m).<ref>{{gnis|461502}}</ref>

==History== thumb|left|Selma in Van Buren County Iowa in 1903 Although Selma is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 52588.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=52588 Zip Code Lookup]</ref> The post office was originally opened as the Hickory post office on 10 September 1874, and its name was changed to Selma on 24 April 1882.<ref>{{gnis|1980904|Selma Post Office}}</ref>

Selma's population was 275 in 1925.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref> The population was 150 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=311 |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *http://iavanburen.org/history/douds-selma1968book/HistoryOfDouds-Selma.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20091017062240/http://www.villagesofvanburen.com/index.htm

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Van Buren County, Iowa Category:Unincorporated communities in Iowa Category:1874 establishments in Iowa Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1874 {{VanBurenCountyIA-geo-stub}}