Editing Selma, Indiana (section)

==History==
Selma was [[plat]]ted in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lasley|first=Norma|title=Delaware County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UhqWZY1YhakC&pg=PA71|year=2012|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9430-9|page=71}}</ref> The Selma post office was established in 1853.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Delaware&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Delaware County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=September 3, 2014}}</ref>

Affected by the [[Indiana Gas Boom]], gas and oil were the primary industries of Selma in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Selma was incorporated as a town in 1907.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lx4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA166 | title=A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Kemper, William Harrison | year=1908 | pages=166}}</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak of March 13–15, 2024|March 14, 2024]], Selma was hit by a strong EF2 tornado, which mainly hit northern areas of Selma.<ref name="INDsum">{{cite web |title=Summary of March 14th 2024 Severe Storms (Updated 3/27: 2 Tornadoes) |url=https://www.weather.gov/ind/March142024Severe |website=www.weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service Indianapolis IN |access-date=11 April 2024 |language=EN-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=...NWS Damage Survey for 03/14/24 Tornado Event Update 3... |url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSIND&e=202403271544 |website=Iowa Environment Mesonet |publisher=National Weather Service Indianapolis IN |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref>

===Selma High School===
Selma High School was built 1904 and was razed in 1976. It became a middle school from 1967–1975.