 The district's history goes back to the village Ban Khao Din Bueng Don (บ้านเขาดินบึงโดน), named after an island in the large swamp "Bueng Don".In 1879 "Mueang" Selaphum Nikhom (เสลภูมินิคม) was created.In 1912 it was renamed Selaphum, and converted into a district in 1914.