Selma is a city in Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe counties, Texas, positioned about 16 miles northeast of downtown San Antonio at the junction of Interstate 35 and Loop 1604. It is part of the San Antonio metropolitan area and sits within the Northeast Metrocom, a band of communities along the I-35 corridor that includes Live Oak, Schertz, Cibolo, and Universal City. Covering roughly five square miles, Selma has grown rapidly in recent decades, with its population reaching 10,952 at the 2020 census—nearly double the 5,540 residents recorded in 2010. The city's location is its defining economic asset. The I-35/Loop 1604 interchange places Selma at one of the region's busiest crossroads, and the city has leveraged that accessibility into a significant retail and entertainment cluster. The Forum at Olympia Parkway, a large open-air shopping center, draws shoppers from across the northeast side, while Retama Park, a pari-mutuel horse racetrack that opened in 1995, hosts live quarter horse racing in summer and simulcast wagering year-round. Selma's growth has brought a mix of new single-family subdivisions, apartments, and commercial development, much of it oriented toward commuters who work in San Antonio, at JBSA-Randolph, or along the corridor toward New Braunfels. The city maintains a small-town civic identity despite its expansion, with municipal parks, community events, and a school system served primarily by Judson Independent School District. Historically a small settlement along the stage and highway routes leading into San Antonio, Selma's modern identity is tied to the automobile age and the steady northward expansion of the metro area. Its municipal footprint crossing three counties is a legacy of incremental annexation and corridor growth, and the result is a community that functions as a single, practical suburban place even as services and boundaries follow county lines. For households seeking newer housing, strong retail convenience, and fast access to the region's military, corporate, and downtown employment centers, Selma offers a compact, well-connected base within one of Texas's fastest-growing corridors.