North Carolina
Burke County
Morganton Township

Salem

Salem is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 2,218 at the 2010 census. It is part of the –– Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 2,220 residents
  • Description: township in Burke County, North Carolina
  • Also known as: “Salem, NC” and “Salem, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Robert Logan Patton High School.

School
Robert L. Patton High School is a public high school in . It is a part of the Burke County Public Schools district. is situated 1½ miles east of Salem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petersburg and Morganton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It lies at an elevation of 1168 feet at coordinates: 35° 42' 23.47" N, 81° 40' 15.35" W. It is part of the –– Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 1½ miles east of Salem.

Town
Photo: Ron Reiring, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in and the county seat of , United States. It is located in the foothills of the along the . is situated 3½ miles north of Salem.

Salem

Latitude
35.69874° or 35° 41′ 56″ north
Longitude
-81.69704° or 81° 41′ 49″ west
Population
2,220
Elevation
1,217 feet (371 metres)
Open location code
867WM8X3+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153980440
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4489915
Wiki­data ID
Q2027197
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Salem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سالم”
  • Basque: “Salem”
  • Catalan: “Salem”
  • Cebuano: “Salem”
  • Chechen: “Сейлем”
  • Chinese: “Salem”
  • Chinese: “塞勒姆 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “塞勒姆”
  • Dutch: “Salem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سالم”
  • French: “Salem”
  • German: “Salem”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم”
  • Irish: “Salem”
  • Italian: “Salem”
  • Ladin: “Salem”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Salem”
  • Persian: “سیلم، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “سیلم”
  • Polish: “Salem”
  • Portuguese: “Salem”
  • Russian: “Сейлем”
  • Serbian: “Сејлем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سئیلم، قوزئی کارولینا”
  • Spanish: “Salem”
  • Swedish: “Salem, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Salem”
  • Tatar: “Сейлем”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейлем”
  • Urdu: “سیلم، شمالی کیرولائنا”
  • Urdu: “سیلم، شمالی کیرولینا”
  • Urdu: “سیلم”
  • Uzbek: “Salem, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Salem”
  • Uzbek: “Салем”
  • Volapük: “Salem”
  • Welsh: “Salem, Gogledd Carolina”
  • Welsh: “Salem”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Salem”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.