Editing Selbyville, Delaware (section)

==Education==
It is in the [[Indian River School District (Delaware)|Indian River School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st10_de/schooldistrict_maps/c10005_sussex/DC20SD_C10005.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sussex County, DE|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 24, 2023}}</ref>

On March 8, 1881, the [[Delaware General Assembly]] created Selbyville School District 32. That district merged into the Indian River district on July 1, 1969.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mowery|first=Roger|url=https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/ebooks/Delaware_School_Districts_1974.pdf|title=Delaware School District Organization and Boundaries|publisher=[[Delaware State Department of Instruction]]|place=[[Dover, Delaware]]|year=1974|page=11 (PDF p. 19/97)|access-date=2025-04-01}}</ref>

===Public library===
[[File:SignInLibrary.jpg|thumb|left|Sign inside Selbyville Public Library, commemorating former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's visit in 1946]]
The former home of Senator [[John G. Townsend, Jr.]], located at 11 South Main Street at the intersection with West McCabe Street, became the site of the Selbyville Public Library in 1966. A plaque in the library identifies Senator Townsend's dining room, where former First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] dined with the senator in 1946. Other distinguished visitors included future president [[Richard Nixon]]. The home was built in 1904. The senator's family donated it to the library after his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.selbyvillelibrary.org/info/history.html|title=Library History|publisher=Selbyville Public Library|access-date=August 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624074241/http://www.selbyvillelibrary.org/info/history.html|archive-date=June 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>