North Carolina
Johnston
Selma Township

Selma

Selma is a town in , United States. In 2010, its population was 6,073, and as of 2018, the estimated population was 6,913.
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  • Type: Town with 6,780 residents
  • Description: town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Mitchenors Station”, “Selma, NC”, and “Selma, North Carolina”
  • Postal code: 27576

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selma Union Depot and Smithfield - Selma High School.

Railway station
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, also known as Selma Union Station and Selma–Smithfield, is a train station and museum in Selma, North Carolina, and near the town of .

School
Smithfield-Selma High School is a public high school located in . It is locally referred to as simply "SSS". The school is part of Johnston County Schools. is situated 2½ miles west of Selma.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pine Level and Smithfield.

Village
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, chartered 1872, is a town in , , United States. The population was 1,700 at the 2010 census, up from 1,313 in 2000. is located 35 miles southeast of , the state capital. is situated 3 miles southeast of Selma.

Town
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is a town in and the county seat of , United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,292. The town is located near North Carolina's and is about 30 miles southeast of downtown . is situated 4 miles southwest of Selma.

Smithfield and Selma are a pair of adjacent towns in Johnston County, .

Selma

Latitude
35.53655° or 35° 32′ 12″ north
Longitude
-78.28444° or 78° 17′ 4″ west
Population
6,780
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SQC
Open location code
8773GPP8+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158545126
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4490778
Wiki­data ID
Q2026441
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Selma” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سلمي”
  • Basque: “Selma”
  • Catalan: “Selma”
  • Cebuano: “Selma”
  • Chechen: “Селма”
  • Chinese: “Selma”
  • Chinese: “塞爾馬 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “塞爾馬”
  • Dutch: “Selma”
  • French: “Selma”
  • German: “Selma”
  • Gilaki: “سلما (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “سلما”
  • Haitian: “Selma, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hungarian: “Selma”
  • Italian: “Selma”
  • Japanese: “セルマ”
  • Ladin: “Selma”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Selma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Selma”
  • Norwegian: “Selma”
  • Persian: “اسلما”
  • Persian: “سلما”
  • Polish: “Selma”
  • Portuguese: “Selma”
  • Russian: “Сельма”
  • Serbian: “Селма”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Selma, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Selma”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سلما، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Selma (Carolina del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Selma”
  • Swedish: “Selma, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Selma”
  • Tatar: “Селма”
  • Ukrainian: “Селма”
  • Uzbek: “Selma, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Selma”
  • Uzbek: “Селма”
  • Volapük: “Selma, North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Selma”

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Notable Places Nearby

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