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Selma Map. The City of Selma is located in Dallas County in the State of Alabama. Find directions to Selma, browse local businesses, landmarks, get current traffic estimates, road conditions, and more. According to the 2019 US Census the Selma population is estimated at 16,671 people.
About Selma. Located in west-central Alabama high on the banks of the Alabama River, the 1820s town of Selma is the seat of government for Dallas County. Considered the “Queen City” of Alabama’s Black Belt, Selma is best known for its role in the Civil War of the 1800s and the struggle for voting rights that occurred here a century later.
May 9, 2022 · Selma is known as the Queen City of the Black Belt, a region of Alabama referring to the region’s rich black topsoil. The city initially thrived due to farming. However, once farming began to decline in the 21st century, the farming industry began to extinguish, jobs diminished and people went elsewhere for opportunities.
The 87-kilometer (54-mile) stretch between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama is an historic route designated by the National Parks Service. The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail was established by Congress in 1996 to commemorate the events, people, and route of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama.
Mar 11, 2024 · Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of Bloody Sunday (March 7, 1965), Selma, Alabama, 2006. Edmund Pettus Bridge, bridge crossing the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, that was the site of what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event in the history of the American civil rights movement. On that day, March 7, 1965, white law-enforcement ...
View 141 homes for sale in Selma, AL at a median listing home price of $72,000. See pricing and listing details of Selma real estate for sale.
5 Old Cahawba Archaeological Park, 9518 Cahaba Rd, Orrville, AL, ☏ +1 334 872-8058. Th-M 10am-5pm, closed Tu and W. Discover here the original capital of the Cotton State, from 1819-1826, beside the muddy Alabama River. Very rustic, like Alabama's very own ghost town. ( updated Aug 2021 | edit) 32.41295 -87.02888.