Salem

Salem is a hamlet in Township of Penn, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Salem is situated nearby to the hamlet Pawling Station, as well as near the neighborhood 18th Street Commons.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penn Valley Airport and Selinsgrove Speedway.

Penn Valley Airport

Aerodrome

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Penn Valley Airport is a public airport in Monroe Township, Snyder County, and is a mile north of Selinsgrove, a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Penn Valley Airport is situated 2 miles east of Salem.

Selinsgrove Speedway

Sports venue

Selinsgrove Speedway is a 0.5 mi high-banked clay dirt oval south of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Selinsgrove Speedway is situated 2½ miles southeast of Salem.

Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School

School building

Selinsgrove Area School District is a mid-sized, suburban/rural public school district centered in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania in eastern Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Selinsgrove Area Intermediate School is situated 1½ miles southeast of Salem.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selinsgrove and Freeburg.

Selinsgrove

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Selinsgrove is the largest borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population is estimated to be 5,761 for the 2020 Census. Selinsgrove is geographically located in the middle of the Susquehanna River Valley in Central Pennsylvania, along U.S. Routes 11 and 15, 45 miles north of Harrisburg and 5.7 miles southwest of Sunbury.

Freeburg

Village

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Freeburg is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 557 at the 2020 census. Freeburg is situated 4 miles southwest of Salem.

Shamokin Dam

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Shamokin Dam is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census. "Shamokin", or "Shahëmokink" in the Delaware language, and Schahamokink in another Algonquian language, means "place of eels." The borough name is also derived from a 10-foot-tall dam that was built across the Susquehanna River in the 19th century.

Salem

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Township of Penn, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.81231° or 40° 48′ 44″ north

Longitude

-76.90108° or 76° 54′ 4″ west

Elevation

600 feet (183 metres)

Open location code

87G5R36X+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158254591

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

5210616

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