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Salem

city in West Virginia, United States
Place city_in_the_united_states Q1125440

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
city in the United States
Official name
Salem[9]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 39.283°, -80.563°[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Harrison County[2]

Population and size

Area
+3.465412, +3.464764[13][14]
Elevation above sea level
+320, +320[11][12]
Population
+1586, +1529[7][8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1,586 · 1,529 GeoNames 1,551 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
304[5]
Postal code
26426[4]
More facts +3
Number of households
+616[10]
Per capita income
+20523[16]
Water as percent of area
+0[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Salem, West Virginia en Salem, WV en Salem ar سالم el Σάλεμ fa سیلم uk Сейлем zh 塞勒姆
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
n81018289
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Salem West Virginia.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
37554
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
54-71380
Facebook location ID
104037152965487
FactGrid item ID
skyhook / sky hook / skyhooks
Freebase ID
/m/010wzj
GNIS Feature ID
1546280, 2390648
GeoNames ID
4821203
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007550306305171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
240038
Quora topic ID
Salem-VA
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Who's on First ID
101731613, 1243283393

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🔗 Connections
Country 1
United States
FactGrid item ID 1
skyhook / sky hook / skyhooks
Instance of 1
city in the United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Harrison County
People born here 1
Jennings Randolph
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Summary

Salem is a city in the United States[1].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Geagea · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Population → {'amount': '+1586'}, {'amount': '+1529'}
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+0'}
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987007550306305171
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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