Expand your research by checking out the Alabama Online Historical Newspapers here.
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- 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
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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.