Mount Selman, Texas

Mount Selman is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States.

Mount Selman was established in 1884 along the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad.

[2] In 1986 and 1990, Mount Selman had two of the tallest structures standing higher than 400 meters: Pinnacle Towers Mount Selman for KETK-TV and KOOI and Media General Operations Tower Youngstown (see List of tallest structures – 400 to 500 metres).

On April 9, 2015, an EF-2 tornado struck Mount Selman, snapping and uprooting trees, damaging outbuildings, and removing the roof and collapsing a few exterior walls of a house.

[3] Mount Selman is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 69 and Farm to Market Road 177, 20 mi (32 km) north of Rusk in northern Cherokee County.

Cherokee County map