Salem

A charming seaside destination, Salem offers visitors the requisite bevy of enthralling elements: a world-class museum, compelling oceanfront and maritime history, quirky shops and tempting restaurants.
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  • Type: City with 44,500 residents
  • Description: city in Massachusetts, United States
  • Also known as: “Naamkeek”, “Naumkeag”, “Nehumkeke”, “Salem, MA”, and “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Postal codes: 01970 and 01971

Places of Interest

Highlights include Peabody Essex Museum and The Witch House.

Museum
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The in Salem, Massachusetts, US, is a successor to the East India Marine Society, established in 1799. It combines the collections of the former Peabody Museum of Salem and the Essex Institute.

Museum
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The Jonathan Corwin House, known locally as , is a historic house museum in Salem, Massachusetts. It was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is one of the few structures still standing in Salem with direct ties to the Salem witch trials of 1692.

Museum
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The is a 1668 colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, named for its gables. It was made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel The .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peabody and Beverly.

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is a city of 54,000 in the suburban area of the in . In the April 2009 edition of Forbes Magazine, was ranked the 14th most livable city in the United States.

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is a city of 43,000 people in the region of . Dating back to the 17th century, has a long maritime history intertwined with resort, residential, and manufacturing roles that have helped defined the city as it is today.

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is a scenic coastal town in the region of . This town of 20k has mostly retained its 18th century layout and is the perfect place to explore "old" New England.

Salem

Latitude
42.5214° or 42° 31′ 17″ north
Longitude
-70.8957° or 70° 53′ 44″ west
Population
44,500
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SLM
Open location code
87JFG4C3+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158853736
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4950065
Wiki­data ID
Q54140
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Salem” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Afrikaans: “Salem”
  • Arabic: “سالم”
  • Armenian: “Սեյլեմ”
  • Asturian: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Asturian: “Salem”
  • Azerbaijani: “Salem”
  • Basque: “Salem”
  • Belarusian: “Сейлем”
  • Bengali: “সেলাম, ম্যাসাচুসেটস”
  • Bengali: “সেলাম”
  • Breton: “Salem”
  • Bulgarian: “Сейлъм”
  • Catalan: “Salem”
  • Cebuano: “Salem”
  • Chechen: “Сейлем”
  • Chinese: “Salem”
  • Chinese: “塞勒姆”
  • Chinese: “茜琳”
  • Chinese: “賽勒姆”
  • Cornish: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Cornish: “Salem”
  • Czech: “Salem”
  • Danish: “Salem”
  • Dutch: “Salem”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سالم”
  • Esperanto: “Salem”
  • Finnish: “Salem”
  • French: “Salem”
  • Galician: “Salem”
  • Georgian: “სეილემი”
  • German: “Salem (Massachusetts)”
  • German: “Salem”
  • Gilaki: “سیلم”
  • Greek: “Σάλεμ”
  • Haitian: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Haitian: “Salem”
  • Hebrew: “סיילם (מסצ’וסטס)”
  • Hebrew: “סיילם”
  • Hungarian: “Salem”
  • Icelandic: “Salem”
  • Ido: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Ido: “Salem”
  • Irish: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Irish: “Salem”
  • Italian: “Salem”
  • Japanese: “セイラム”
  • Kazakh: “Салем”
  • Kazakh: “Сейлем”
  • Kirghiz: “Салем”
  • Korean: “세일럼”
  • Ladin: “Salem”
  • Latvian: “Seilema”
  • Lombard: “Salem”
  • Luxembourgish: “Salem”
  • Macedonian: “Сејлем”
  • Malagasy: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Malagasy: “Salem”
  • Marathi: “सेलम”
  • Mazanderani: “سیلم”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Salem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salem”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salem”
  • Norwegian: “Salem”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Salem”
  • Persian: “سلیم، ماساچوست”
  • Persian: “سلیم”
  • Persian: “سیلم”
  • Polish: “Salem”
  • Portuguese: “Salem”
  • Portuguese: “Salém”
  • Romanian: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Romanian: “Salem”
  • Russian: “Салем”
  • Russian: “Сейлем”
  • Sardinian: “Salem”
  • Scots: “Salem”
  • Serbian: “Сејлем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Salem”
  • Silesian: “Salem”
  • Slovak: “Salem”
  • Slovenian: “Salem”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سیلم، ماساچوست”
  • Spanish: “Salem (Massachusetts)”
  • Spanish: “Salem”
  • Swahili: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Swahili: “Salem”
  • Swedish: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Swedish: “Salem”
  • Talysh: “Sejlem”
  • Tatar: “Сейлем (Массачусетс)”
  • Tatar: “Сейлем”
  • Thai: “ซาเลม”
  • Turkish: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Turkish: “Salem”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейлем”
  • Urdu: “سیلم، میساچوسٹس”
  • Urdu: “سیلم”
  • Uzbek: “Salem”
  • Vietnamese: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Vietnamese: “Salem”
  • Volapük: “Salem”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salem”
  • Welsh: “Salem, Massachusetts”
  • Welsh: “Salem”
  • Western Armenian: “Սէյլըմ”
  • Western Frisian: “Salem”
  • Wu Chinese: “塞勒姆 (马萨诸塞州)”
  • Wu Chinese: “塞勒姆（马萨诸塞州）”
  • Wu Chinese: “塞勒姆”

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