Mount Selman, Texas
Encyclopedia
Mount Selman is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County
, Texas
, United States
. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 69
, Farm to Market Road 177
, and Farm to Market Road 855
, 20 miles (32.2 km) north of Rusk
.
opened the same year as its creation. The community became a shipping center along the railroad for peach
es, plum
s, and tomato
es. Its population peaked at 500 in 1914, and the town began to decline after that point. The post office closed in 1973, and the population was estimated at 200 in 2000.
Cherokee County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 46,659 people, 16,651 households, and 12,105 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 19,173 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 69
U.S. Route 69
U.S. Route 69 is a north–south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87...
, Farm to Market Road 177
Farm to Market Road 177
Farm to Market Road 177, or FM 177, in the eastern part of Texas , runs about from an intersection with US 69 in Mount Selman east to Mixon at an intersection with SH 135. The road is located in far north-central Cherokee County....
, and Farm to Market Road 855
Farm to Market Road 855
Farm to Market Road 855, or FM 855, runs about from just east of Cuney, Texas north and east, to Mount Selman.-Route description:FM 855 has no local street names. Rural for the most part, the landscape along the road includes rolling hills of alternating open pastures and trees...
, 20 miles (32.2 km) north of Rusk
Rusk, Texas
Rusk is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,085 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cherokee County.-Geography:Rusk is located at ....
.
History
Mount Selman was established in 1884 along the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad. Its post officePost office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
opened the same year as its creation. The community became a shipping center along the railroad for peach
Peach
The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...
es, plum
Plum
A plum or gage is a stone fruit tree in the genus Prunus, subgenus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds , the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one...
s, and tomato
Tomato
The word "tomato" may refer to the plant or the edible, typically red, fruit which it bears. Originating in South America, the tomato was spread around the world following the Spanish colonization of the Americas, and its many varieties are now widely grown, often in greenhouses in cooler...
es. Its population peaked at 500 in 1914, and the town began to decline after that point. The post office closed in 1973, and the population was estimated at 200 in 2000.