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.