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Welcome to New Salem ...

New Salem is located in Rush County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Salem, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1831.

New Salem is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Salem lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for New Salem: 765

Communities Also Named New Salem ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named New Salem: This one is located in Rush County and the other is located in Washington County.

Beyond Indiana, there are 32 communities that are also named New Salem - they are located in Arkansas (3), Georgia, Illinois (2), Kansas, Kentucky (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York (2), North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina, Tennessee (2) and Texas (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Salem.

Communities near New Salem ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Salem.

  • Connersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Greensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greensburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greensburg
    • Greensburg is located in Decatur County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,984 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greensburg <3>
  • Batesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Rushville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Knightstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Paul
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Carthage
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oldenburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oldenburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldenburg
    • Oldenburg is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 662 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oldenburg <3>
  • Laurel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Milton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Milton is located in Wayne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people

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 New Salem. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Salem.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New 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 New Salem.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Salem. See our Newspapers Page for New Salem.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Salem ...

Looking for more information about New Salem? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Salem, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Salem.

Adding New Salem to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Salem in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Salem was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Salem post office opened in 1831.

We also found New Salem in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Salem.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Rush, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Salem - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/