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Salem

Salem is a city in , United States. The population was 1,485 at the 2020 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.
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  • Type: Village with 2,050 residents
  • Description: city in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “New Salem”, “Salem, West Virginia”, and “Salem, WV”
  • Postal code: 26426

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Industrial and East Salem.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , United States. is located along County Route 38 and the North Bend Rail Trail, 1.25 miles west-southwest of Salem.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located along U.S. Route 50, 1 mile east of Salem.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located along U.S. Route 50 1.9 miles east-northeast of Salem. is situated 2 miles east of Salem.

Salem

Latitude
39.28287° or 39° 16′ 58″ north
Longitude
-80.55899° or 80° 33′ 32″ west
Population
2,050
Elevation
1,050 feet (320 metres)
Open location code
86FX7CMR+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154014323
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4821203
Wiki­data ID
Q1125440
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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 (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Сейлем”
  • Chinese: “Salem”
  • Chinese: “塞勒姆”
  • Czech: “Salem”
  • Danish: “Salem”
  • Dutch: “Salem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سالم”
  • French: “Salem”
  • German: “Salem”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم”
  • Greek: “Σάλεμ”
  • Hungarian: “Salem”
  • Irish: “Salem”
  • Italian: “Salem”
  • Ladin: “Salem”
  • Malagasy: “Salem, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Salem”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Salem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salem”
  • Persian: “سیلم، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “سیلم”
  • Polish: “Salem”
  • Portuguese: “Salem”
  • Russian: “Сейлем”
  • Serbian: “Сејлем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem”
  • Slovak: “Salem”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سئیلم، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Salem”
  • Swedish: “Salem, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Salem”
  • Tatar: “Сейлем (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Сейлем”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейлем”
  • Urdu: “سیلم، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “سیلم”
  • Volapük: “Salem”
  • Welsh: “Salem, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Salem”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Christian and Missionary Alliance and Salem Fire Department.

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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: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.