Selma Indiana Map

About Selma, Indiana

Selma is a locality in Delaware County, Indiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 837. The population density is 359.3 people per km². Selma is located at 40.1917°N, 85.2689°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) timezone. ZIP code: 47383.

Selma lies in a landscape where the rich, dark soil of Indiana's farmland stretches out in a mosaic broken by stands of sturdy oak and maple. It lies 6.2 miles east of Muncie, IN (from Muncie, IN: bearing 91°T), and is situated 7.7 miles south of Albany. The land, generally flat with a subtle, almost imperceptible rise and fall, suggests a deep, patient geology rather than dramatic upheaval. Fields of corn and soybeans, their leaves catching the afternoon sun with a dry rustle, give way to the darker, more shadowed interiors of woodlots where the air hangs cool and damp. The sky over Selma often seems vast and luminous, particularly in the late afternoon, when light bleeds across the horizon in hues of pale gold and rose, lending a quiet dignity to the ordinary. The history of Selma is not one of grand pronouncements but of steady, agricultural endeavor, a character woven into the very fiber of the place. It began, like many of its neighbors, as a waypoint for those moving westward, a place to rest and resupply before pushing on. The local economy, once tied more directly to the harvest and the processing of its bounty, still carries that imprint, though modern machinery has long since smoothed the rougher edges of manual labor. Children here grow up with the distant hum of tractors and the understanding that life moves in seasons, a rhythm that persists even as the world outside Selma spins at a faster pace. There's a quiet pride in the resilience of this land and its people, a Hoosier reserve that doesn't demand attention but quietly endures.

About This Selma Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Selma, Indiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 40.19171, -85.268858. 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 Selma and Delaware County.

Detailed location data for Selma includes the ZIP code (47383), telephone area code (317), county seat of Delaware County (Muncie), and school district assignment (Liberty-Perry Community School Corporation). 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 Selma is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.