Mount Selman, also known as Selman, is at the junction of US 69 and Farm Road 177, twenty miles north of
Rusk in northern
Cherokee County. The community was established after the Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad was built through the area in the early 1880s.
By 1892 Mount Selman had a population of 125, served by a flour mill and gin, a Presbyterian church, and a general store, drugstore, dry-goods store, and grocery store. The town became a leading shipping center for peaches, plums, and tomatoes, and by 1914 it had reached its peak population of 500. In the early 1950s Mount Selman had a population of 220 and five businesses. Subsequently most of the remaining stores closed. The post office closed in 1973, and local mail was sent through Ballard.
In 1990 the town had several churches, a community center, a few scattered houses, and an estimated population of 200.