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Selma
Delaware County, Indiana
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Township:  Liberty
Location: 
Coordinates:  40°11′28″N 85°16′21″W  [S13] -

CR 600E, 025S. St Rd 32E east of Muncie
Other Names: 
Date Platted:  1852

Town Plat Map - 1874 - [S14 p 21] -
- North-South Streets: County Road, South, Union, Albany
- East-West Streets:  County Road, Washington, Muncie
- Shows UB and ME Church
- Shows School No. 5
Maps:
1870:  "Selma"  [S12] -
1874:  "Selma" - Town Plat Map - Business Directory  [S14 p 11, 21] -
1876:  "Selma"  [S11] -
1887:  "Selma" [Ball State University Delaware County Collection, Map 60-20] - Doc2750.pdf
Post Office Data:

Post Office Established: 15 Jan 1853
Post Office Closed:
Post Office Names: Selma
Zip Code: 47383

-  RFD Selma established 8 Nov 1897 with 1 carrier, population served 500, length of route 16 miles [S2, p 220]
-  Money Order Office established 1892 [S3, p 855]
-  Earliest Handstamp:  1863 - Stampless:  1856 - [S3, p 404]
-  Postmark, Description Only [S3, p 503]
Postmasters:

William J. Moore -- 15 Jan 1853
Asbury Moore -- 24 Oct 1856
Jesse K. Norris -- 9 Jun 1857
Martin S. Ribble -- 1 Aug 1861
William R. Moore -- 11 May 1869
James L. Simmons -- 5 Sep 1873
James Moody -- 16 Nov 1885
Norman E. Black -- 21 Mar 1889
Darius J. Leeper -- 24 Jun 1893
William Bailey -- 28 Jun 1897
Sherman J. Shroyer -- 19 Jun 1901
W. Henry Williams -- 21 Dec 1904
Charles R. Spangler -- 22 Jun 1914
Susie B. Bennett -- 21 Jan 1918
Elmer E. Miller -- 11 Dec 1918
Noel R. Leeper -- 1 Feb 1940
Laura S. Leeper -- 31 Dec 1962
Juanita F. Shady -- 20 Mar 1963
Mary E. Nemyer -- 26 Aug 1965
June C. Holtzclaw -  

Postmaster Data: 

"James L. Simmons (5 Sep 1873) is postmaster, railroad agent and operator." [1881] [S9, p 258]

"Former Postmaster guilty of embezzling. A former Selma postmaster was convicted Wednesday in Federal court on charges she embezzled money from the postal service. June C. Holtzclaw,...was convicted after a 2-day jury trial...According to court records, Holtzclaw was the Selma postmaster for 15 years. She was charged with embezzling more than $21,000 during a 3-year period that ended in 1991." [S10, 22 Jan 1993] - Doc2747.pdf

"Ex-postmaster gets 21-month term. Longtime Selma postmaster June C. Holtzclaw offered to make restitution for a crime she says she didn't commit. 'I didn't take the money,' Holtzclaw said Friday just before being sentenced...'I have never with any intent done anything to hurt the Selma Post Office or the people of the community.'..."
[S10, 28 Feb 1993] - Doc2747.pdf
Schools:
S15 page 74,
-  Selma High School - [Album of Yesteryear, The Muncie Star, 17 Sept 1989, page 5B] - Doc2752.pdf
-  Selma High School Baseball Team, 1931 - [Album of Yesteryear, The Muncie Star, 18 Oct 1987, page 9C] - Doc2753.pdf
Railroad:
-  Railroad Switch Tower east of Selma - [DCHS Newsletter, Nov-Dec 1999]
-  "...a station on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway, and is in all respects a thriving village.  It is the principal trading-point for a large scope of country, and its stores are usually thronged with purchasers." - [S9, p 258]
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Sources:   [S3, p 1024] - [S4, p 142] - [S5] - [S6, IFC, 3, 8, 24] - [S7, p 229] - [S15 pages 71-80] -
Abbreviations:  IFC = Inside Front Cover
Population:
1880: 244 [S6, p 3]
 
Apparently named for the personal name [S8, p 150]
Cline House:
- American four-square house.  Built 1910.  [Handouts for Homes Tour, Delaware County Historical Alliance, Sept 1992] - Doc2748.pdf
Civil War:
-  Indiana 19th Regiment Reunion, 1916, at Selma - [Album of Yesteryear, The Muncie Star, nd] - Doc2749.pdf
"In the 'Sink' of Things:  Prehistoric Glacier Leaves Wildlife Paradise in Selma" by Alan Garinger.  The Muncie Star, 10 June 1990] - Doc2751.pdf
Cline Hardware, Williams House, United Methodist Church, White Cemetery - [Commentary, Delaware County Historical Alliance Home Tour] - Doc2754.pdf
 
 
 
 
 
 

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S1 WikiPedia Article  
S2 Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984.  Bk3012.  
S3 Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories:  Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library		  
S4 Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories:  Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library		  
S5 Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965.  
S6 An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971,  Bk1849.  
S7 United States Official Postal Guide. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, April 1875, Bk1548.  
S8 Baker, Ronald L, and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975, Bk1567.  
S9 Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976, Bk1595.  
S10 The Muncie Star. Muncie, Indiana.  
S11 Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-#  Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Selma - Smithfield, Liberty Township

 

From 1876 - Delaware County Map


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S12 Map:  Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No#  Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail:  Liberty Township, Delaware County

  
S13 Google Maps:   
S14 Book:  Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642  
S15 Book:  Lasley, Norma and the Delaware County Historical Society (Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana). Images of America: Delaware County. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2012. Bk3725  
S16 Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ 		 
S17 Selma Directory:  (1921-22 Muncie City Directory), Page 916  
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