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. We would especially like to find the location of Salem - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Salem, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Salem , we believe that it would have been located within present day Macomb County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Salem, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

When the people of Salem referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Salemite<3>

Time Zone: The area where Salem was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Salem ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Michigan communities named Salem: This one is located in Macomb County and the other is located in Washtenaw County.

Beyond Michigan, there are 122 communities that are also named Salem - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (5), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (8), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa, Kansas (7), Kentucky (4), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 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.

Adding Salem to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Salem was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Salem post office opened in 1832.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Salem.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Macomb County: www.macombcountymi.gov/

The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Salem, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Macomb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Salem refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Salem may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/