Dallas County, Alabama Online Historical Directories

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Selma City Directory, Smith, 1880-1

- $ (Ancestry)

- contains a business directory with descriptive community information, followed by a planters directory (names of all who own 10 or more acres) for the following areas: Brown's, Cahaba, Cambridge, Central Mills, Crensha, King's Landing, Marion Junction, Martin's Station, Massillon, Minter, Morrowville, Mush Creek, Orrville, Plantersville, Pleasant Hill, Portland, Richmond, Salt Marsh, Shield's Mill, Soapstone, Summerfield, and Tilden

Selma City Directory, Polk, 1904

- $ (Ancestry)

Selma City Directory, Rogers, 1906-7

- $ (Ancestry)

Selma City Directory, Polk, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)

Selma City Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)

Selma City Directory, Polk, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)

Selma City Directory, Polk, 1947-8 - $ (Ancestry)

Are the directories you're looking for not available online?

Check out WorldCat to find printed or microfilmed directories for Selma and Dallas County.

They may be available through inter-library loan, or the library that holds them may be able to do lookups and send you copies of pertinent pages.

The Library of Congress holds a number of Alabama business, city, reverse (crisscross and street address), telephone, and other directories.

Learn how to access these materials in person in Washington, D.C. through this link, or via a researcher here.