Nearest Communities to Salem,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Salem, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Salem:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Salem.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Salem is located in Taylor County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taylor County: Dixie, Jefferson, Lafayette & Madison.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Salem. Of these communities, 32 are located in counties other than Taylor County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Salem (which is Taylor County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Salem
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Taylor County (where Salem resides)
- County Website: https://www.taylorcountygov.com/
- County Seat for Taylor: Perry
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
- Carbur
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carbur is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbur
- Athena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Athena is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athena
- Clara
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clara is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Tennille
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tennille is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennille
- Howell Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howell Place is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell Place
- Pinland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinland is located in Taylor County
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- Fish Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fish Creek is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Keaton Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Keaton Beach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keaton Beach
- Dallus Creek Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Dallus Creek Landing is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallus Creek Landing
- Dekle Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Dekle Beach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dekle Beach
- Fenholloway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fenholloway is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenholloway
- Foley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Foley is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foley
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- Bucell Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bucell Junction is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucell Junction
- Steinhatchee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton Springs is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Springs
- Boyd
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Boyd is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Secotan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Secotan is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secotan
- Roach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Roach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Nugalla ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nugalla is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nugalla
- Waylonzo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waylonzo is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylonzo
- Shady Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie County
- County Website: https://www.dixiecounty.us/
- County Seat for Dixie: Cross City
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the southwest
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
- Jonesboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jonesboro is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Broscan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Broscan is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broscan
- Hines
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hines is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hines
- Jena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jena is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Steward City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Steward City is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steward City
- Shamrock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
- Cross City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fletcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fletcher is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Horseshoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Eugene
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eugene is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Dixietown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Dixietown is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixietown
- Gilchrist County
- County Website: https://gilchrist.fl.us/
- County Seat for Gilchrist: Trenton
- Note: The Gulf of Mexico lies to the west
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salem ...
- Wannee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wannee is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wannee
- Lafayette County
- County Website: https://lafayettecountyfl.org/
- County Seat for Lafayette: Mayo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
- Cooks Hammock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hammock
- San Pedro Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Pedro Junction is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro Junction
- Townsend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Buckville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Peterson is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Alton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alton is located in Lafayette County
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- Midway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Midway is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Day
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mayo Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mayo Junction is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Junction
- Chancey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chancey is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancey
- Grady
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Grady is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Hatchbend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
- Suwannee County
- County Website: https://suwanneecountyfl.gov/
- County Seat for Suwannee: Live Oak
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salem ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Salem.
- Dell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dell is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Luraville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luraville is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luraville
- Dowling Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- San Pedro Poturiba ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- San Pedro Poturiba is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro Poturiba
- Lancaster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Branford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- O'Brien
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Salem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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