Welcome to Salem ...So far, we found very little information about Salem. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Salem to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Salem, please Contact Us. Salem would have been located within present day Walker County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Salem, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. When the people of Salem referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Salemite<3> While the community is gone, the present day location for Salem is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Salem was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Salem (for example, toward Ider (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Codes where Salem was located: 706 & 762<5> Communities Also Named Salem ...While we believe that this Salem is located in Walker County, we know of another 7 Georgia communities named Salem. Those communities are located in the following counties: Catoosa, Douglas, Fannin, Lincoln, Oconee, Richmond and Upson County. Beyond Georgia, there are 122 communities that are also named Salem - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (5), Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa, Kansas (7), Kentucky (4), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi (6), Missouri (4), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (8), Nova Scotia, Ohio (7), Oklahoma (3), Ontario (6), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (7), Texas (8), Utah, Virginia (5), West Virginia (3), Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Salem. Websites for Salem ...Chamber of Commerce: www.walkercochamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Salem, the following might be of interest: Communities near Salem ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Salem.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Salem. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Salem. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Salem. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salem. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Salem. See our Newspapers Page for Salem. Adding Salem to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Salem in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Salem was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Salem. Footnotes ...
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