Salem (town), New York
| Salem | |
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| Town | |
Main Street
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 Location in Washington County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 43°9′N 73°19′W / 43.150°N 73.317°WCoordinates: 43°9′N 73°19′W / 43.150°N 73.317°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Washington |
| Population (Census 2000) | |
| • Total | 2,702 |
| ZIP codes |
12865 (primary)
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| Area code(s) | 518 |
Salem is a town in eastern Washington County, New York. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 2,702 at the 2000 census. The town of Salem contains a hamlet also named Salem, formerly an incorporated village.
Salem was first settled in 1761 by Joshua Conkey and James Turner who as soldiers in the French and Indian War, passed through the territory. In 1764, Alexander and James Turner acquired a patent which was soon divided up between the New Englanders from Pelham Mass. and a group of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians led by Dr Thomas Clark from Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland.
The Charlotte County and White Creek militia used Salem as its base in 1776.
The 123rd Volunteer Regiment was recruited from Salem during the Civil War.
The Alexander McNish House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 and Martin–Fitch House and Asa Fitch Jr. Laboratory in 2014.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 52.5 square miles (136.0 km²), of which, 52.5 square miles (135.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.10%) is water.
The east town line is the border of Vermont, and the beginning of New England proper. Part of the west and south town lines are defined by the Batten Kill, a tributary of the Hudson River that has its beginnings in Vermont.
NY Route 29 joins NY Route 22 at Greenwich Junction, and Route 22 continues north into the town of Hebron, New York.
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