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Methodist Church remained the central point for the community until 2001 when the declining number of parishioners forced a consolidation of the Selma church with its counterpart in nearby Kincaid. The consolidated congregation built a new church in Kincaid, and, with no need for separate facilities, the original church buildings in each community were torn down.
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Methodist), a blacksmith shop, a hotel, a general store, a drug store, a lumber yard, service station, and other
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Selma was established at the junction of the Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota and the
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroads in 1887. The town initially had two names, as the KN&D named its depot "Trilby," but the MKT named the location "Selma." The latter became the permanent name for the town (the
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