Salem, West Virginia
| Salem, West Virginia | |
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Main Street in Salem in 2006
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 Location of Salem, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates: 39°17′0″N 80°33′46″W / 39.28333°N 80.56278°WCoordinates: 39°17′0″N 80°33′46″W / 39.28333°N 80.56278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Harrison |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.34 sq mi (3.47 km2) |
| • Land | 1.34 sq mi (3.47 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,050 ft (320 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,586 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,574 |
| • Density | 1,183.6/sq mi (457.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 26426 |
| Area code(s) | 304 |
| FIPS code | 54-71380 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1546280 |
Salem is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 1,586 at the 2010 census. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 23; the North Bend Rail Trail passes through the city.Salem International University is located in Salem.
Salem is located at 39°17′0″N 80°33′46″W / 39.28333°N 80.56278°W (39.283411, -80.562731), along Salem Fork, a tributary of Tenmile Creek., in western Harrison County
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.34 square miles (3.47 km2), all of it land.
Salem was settled in the summer of 1790 — as "New Salem" — by forty Seventh Day Baptist families from Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Notable settler family names included Lippincott, Maxson, Babcock, Plumer, Davis, and Randolph. New Salem was formally chartered and made a town by legislative enactment of the Virginia Assembly on December 19, 1794, on land owned by Samuel Fitz Randolph. John Patterson, John Davis, Samuel Lippincott, James Davis, Zebulon Maxon, Benjamin Thorp, Thomas Clayton, William Davis, Jacob Davis, George Jackson and John Haymond were appointed its first trustees.
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