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Selma

Also known as Selma, Alabama, Selma, AL

city in and county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, United States

AI overview

Selma is a city in Alabama that serves as the county seat of Dallas County. While the provided information doesn't detail its historical significance, Selma is notable as the location of important Civil Rights Movement events.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city in the United States
Official name: Moore's Bluff
Country: United States
Located in: Dallas County
Population: 17971
Area: 37.30297
Elevation: 38
Time zone: Central Time Zone
Capital of: Dallas County
Shares border with: Montgomery
Official website: www.selma-al.gov
Image: The St. James Hotel, the only surviving hotel in the downtown historic district, Selma, Alabama LCCN2010639082.tif
Households: 7572
Dialing code: 334

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Commons category: Selma, Alabama
category for people born here: Category:Births in Selma, Alabama
topic's main category: Category:Selma, Alabama
category of associated people: Category:People from Selma, Alabama
postal code: 36703
inception: 1815-00-00
water as percent of area: 4.1211
P8168: Laura Marling
different from: Selma
water area: 1.537275
per capita income: 18063
mean age: 36.8

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Encyclopedic overview

Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About 80% of the population is African-American.

Selma was a trading center and market town during the antebellum years of King Cotton in the South. It was also an important armaments-manufacturing and iron shipbuilding center for the Confederacy, as well as providing a hospital converted from a Masonic university, during the Civil War, surrounded by miles of earthen fortifications. The Confederate forces were defeated during the Battle of Selma, in the final full month of the war.

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