Salem

Salem is a small city in , and the county seat of the rural Marion county. Salem has about 7,550 residents.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
  • Type: Town with 7,550 residents
  • Description: city in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Salem, IL” and “Salem, Illinois
  • Postal code: 62881

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marion County Courthouse and Salem–Leckrone Airport.

Courthouse
The is a government building in Salem, the county seat of , , . Built in 1910, it is the fourth courthouse in the county's history.

Aerodrome
is a public use located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Salem, a city in , United States.

Salem

Latitude
38.627° or 38° 37′ 37″ north
Longitude
-88.9456° or 88° 56′ 44″ west
Population
7,550
Elevation
541 feet (165 metres)
IATA airport code
SLO
United Nations Location Code
US SLO
Open location code
86CHJ3G3+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153725814
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4249286
Wiki­data ID
Q120783
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Salem from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Salem” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سالم
  • Basque: Salem
  • Belarusian: Сэйлем
  • Catalan: Salem
  • Cebuano: Salem (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Illinois)
  • Cebuano: Salem
  • Chechen: Сейлем
  • Chinese: Salem
  • Chinese: 塞勒姆
  • Croatian: Salem
  • Czech: Salem
  • Dagbani: Salem
  • Danish: Salem
  • Dutch: Salem
  • French: Salem
  • German: Salem (Illinois)
  • German: Salem
  • Gilaki: سیلم
  • Greek: Σάλεμ
  • Haitian: Salem, Ilinwa
  • Haitian: Salem
  • Hebrew: סלם
  • Hungarian: Salem
  • Ido: Salem, Illinois
  • Ido: Salem
  • Irish: Salem
  • Italian: Salem
  • Japanese: セーレム
  • Japanese: セイラム
  • Ladin: Salem
  • Mazanderani: سیلم (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: سیلم
  • Min Nan Chinese: Salem
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Salem
  • Occitan (post 1500): Salem
  • Persian: سالم، ایلینوی
  • Persian: سیلم
  • Polish: Salem
  • Portuguese: Salem
  • Russian: Сейлем
  • Serbian: Сејлем
  • Serbo-Croatian: Salem, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Salem
  • Silesian: Salem
  • Slovenian: Salem
  • South Azerbaijani: سیلم، ایلینوی
  • Spanish: Salem (Illinois)
  • Spanish: Salem
  • Swedish: Salem, Illinois
  • Swedish: Salem
  • Tatar: Сейлем (Иллинойс)
  • Tatar: Сейлем
  • Turkish: Salem, Illinois
  • Turkish: Salem
  • Ukrainian: Сейлем
  • Urdu: سیلم، الینوائے
  • Urdu: سیلم
  • Uzbek: Salem
  • Vietnamese: Salem, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Salem
  • Volapük: Salem
  • Waray (Philippines): Salem, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Salem
  • Welsh: Salem, Illinois
  • Welsh: Salem

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Salem”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Selmaville and Tonti.

Southern Illinois: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Carbondale, Cairo, Centralia, and Marion.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 Wikivoyage page “Salem”. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.