Selma Virginia Map

About Selma, Virginia

Selma is a locality in Staunton (city), Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 357. The population density is 316.9 people per km². Selma is located at 37.8041°N, 79.8499°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24401, 24474.

Selma occupies a quiet expanse of the Virginia interior, where the land rises in deliberate, verdant swells toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lewis Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the local topography, its cool waters sustaining the thickets that line the banks just a mile from the center of Selma. Beyond these immediate lowlands, the earth shifts into the deeper, shadowed folds of the landscape, marked five miles away by the sunken geography of Poor Farm Draft. Light at dusk here possesses a peculiar, amber quality, catching the dust motes above the grasses and casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the horizon with a heavy, meditative patience.

Gypsey Hill Park anchors the immediate landscape, serving as a social compass where the daily life of the residents finds its quiet orbit. History in this region remains quiet and lingering, a subtle weight felt in the architecture and the slow, deliberate pace of the local economy that has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land. While the deeper wilderness of the George Washington National Forest looms sixteen miles away, the immediate surroundings offer more modest diversions, such as the path at Trimbles Mill Trail or the still, reflective surface of Massie Pond. Life here moves with a steady, unforced cadence, shaped by the practical needs of a community that recognizes the value of its own isolation and the enduring, quiet beauty of the inland hills.

About This Selma Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Selma, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.80412, -79.849877. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Selma includes the ZIP code (24401, 24474), telephone area code (540), county seat of Staunton (city), and school district assignment (Alleghany Highlands Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.