Delaware River Region
Salem County
City of Salem

Salem

Salem is a city in and the county seat of , the most rural county in the U.S. state of . The name Salem, for both the city and county, is derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning peace.
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  • Type: Village with 5,780 residents
  • Description: city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States
  • Also known as: “Fenwick’s Colony”, “Ferkens Creek”, “New Salem”, “Oijtsessing”, “Salam”, “Salam Town”, “Salem City, New Jersey”, “Salem Town”, “Salem, New Jersey”, “Salem, NJ”, and “Watcessi”
  • Postal code: 08079
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Salem County Courthouse and Salem High School.

Building
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The is a courthouse located in Salem, , . Built in 1735, this building is the oldest active courthouse in New Jersey and is the second oldest courthouse still in continuous use in the United States.

School
is a comprehensive community four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Salem City, in , in the U.S. state of , as part of the Salem City School District.

Hospital
The is a hospital in , located at the in Mannington Township. It was founded as the Memorial Hospital of Salem County. is situated 2 miles northeast of Salem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moores Corner and Sinnickson Landing.

Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census.

Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 1½ miles west of Salem.

Hamlet
Mannington Township is a township in , in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,475, a decrease of 331 from the 2010 census count of 1,806, which in turn reflected an increase of 247 from the 1,559 counted in the 2000 census. is situated 2 miles northeast of Salem.

Salem

Latitude
39.57178° or 39° 34′ 18″ north
Longitude
-75.46714° or 75° 28′ 2″ west
Population
5,780
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SEM
Open location code
87F6HGCM+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158249920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4503944
Wiki­data ID
Q1088317
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Salem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سالم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Salem”
  • Basque: “Salem”
  • Catalan: “Salem”
  • Cebuano: “Salem (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, New Jersey)”
  • Cebuano: “Salem”
  • Chechen: “Сейлем”
  • Chinese: “Salem”
  • Chinese: “塞勒姆”
  • Dutch: “Salem”
  • Finnish: “Salem”
  • French: “Salem”
  • German: “Salem”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم (نيۊجرسي)”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم”
  • Greek: “Σάλεμ”
  • Haitian: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Haitian: “Salem”
  • Hebrew: “סאלם”
  • Hungarian: “Salem”
  • Irish: “Salem”
  • Italian: “Salem”
  • Japanese: “セイラム”
  • Kazakh: “Зэ Вилладж Оф Салем”
  • Kirghiz: “Зэ Вилладж Оф Салем”
  • Ladin: “Salem”
  • Mazanderani: “سیلم (نیوجرسی)”
  • Mazanderani: “سیلم”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Salem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salem”
  • Persian: “سیلم، نیوجرسی”
  • Persian: “سیلم”
  • Polish: “Salem”
  • Portuguese: “Salem”
  • Russian: “Сейлем”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Salem, Jersey Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Salem”
  • Serbian: “Сејлем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem”
  • Silesian: “Salem”
  • Slovenian: “Salem”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سئیلم، نیوجرسی”
  • Spanish: “Salem (Nueva Jersey)”
  • Spanish: “Salem”
  • Swedish: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Swedish: “Salem”
  • Tatar: “Сейлем”
  • Turkish: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Turkish: “Salem”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейлем”
  • Urdu: “سیلم، نیو جرسی”
  • Urdu: “سیلم”
  • Uzbek: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Uzbek: “Salem”
  • Uzbek: “Салем”
  • Volapük: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Volapük: “Salem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salem”
  • Welsh: “Salem, New Jersey”
  • Welsh: “Salem”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include City of Salem Municipal Annex and Salem County Courthouse.

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