Do you know of New Salem ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about New Salem. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with New Salem.<1>
Our sources for New Salem (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of New Salem other than they indicate that New Salem would be found somewhere in Randolph County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1819 and closed in 1906.
Communities Also Named New Salem ...
We found 32 communities that share the name New Salem.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named New Salem.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of New Salem [Union County].
- Union County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of New Salem [Lee County].
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of New Salem [Mississippi County].
- Woodruff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of New Salem [Woodruff County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of New Salem [Cowley County].
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of New Salem [Franklin County].
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of New Salem [Allegan County].
- Mississippi
- Itawamba County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of New Salem [Itawamba County].
- Missouri
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of New Salem [Lincoln County].
- New York
- North Dakota
- Morton County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of New Salem [Morton County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of New Salem.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of New Salem [Armstrong County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of New Salem [Fayette County].
- Westmoreland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of New Salem [Westmoreland County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of New Salem [York County].
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of New Salem [Anderson County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for New Salem ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about New Salem:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for New Salem - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for New Salem.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 37/46940 (Place Name: New Salem)
County: Randolph (FIPS State/County: 37/151)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, New Salem) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Randolph County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Randolph County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that New Salem could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |