Selman City Texas Map

About Selman City, Texas

Selman City is a locality in Rusk County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Selman City is located at 32.1902°N, 94.9619°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 75689.

Selman City lies cradled in the gentle, rolling terrain of East Texas, where the air hangs thick with the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a summer shower. It lies 22.7 miles east-south-east of Tyler, TX (from Tyler, TX: bearing 119°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-north-west of Henderson. The landscape here is a soft, verdant quilt of mixed pine and hardwood forests, interspersed with pastures where cattle graze lazily under a sky that can shift from a brilliant, washed-out blue to a bruised, dramatic grey in the span of an afternoon. Roads, mostly of red clay that bleeds into the ditches, wind through the trees, leading to homes that seem to emerge organically from the surrounding woods, their porches shaded by ancient oaks. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in bright, fleeting coins on the forest floor, illuminating patches of wild azaleas and the occasional flash of a cardinal’s wing. The history of Selman City is tied to the land’s bounty and the persistent spirit of its people. Originally settled by those drawn to the rich soil and timber, the area’s economy has long been shaped by agriculture and the extraction of natural resources, particularly oil and gas, which brought periods of boom and quietude. The echoes of those earlier days can still be felt in the weathered wood of old farmhouses and the occasional, forgotten pumpjack standing sentinel in a distant field. Life in Selman City moves at its own unhurried cadence, a steady hum of everyday routines punctuated by community gatherings and the shared experience of living under the broad, open skies of Rusk County.

About This Selman City Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Selman City, Texas with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Selman City and Rusk County.

Detailed location data for Selman City includes the ZIP code (75689), telephone area code (903), county seat of Rusk County (Henderson), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Selman City is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.