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Salem

town in New York state, USA
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Salem

Summary

Salem is a town in the United States[1]. Salem ranks in the top 5% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Salem is located in Washington County[3].
  • Salem is in the country of United States[4].
  • Salem's image is recorded as Buildings on Main Street, Salem, NY.jpg[5].
  • Salem's instance of is recorded as town in the United States[6].
  • Salem's instance of is recorded as town of New York[7].
  • Salem's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137276055[8].
  • Salem's locator map image is recorded as Washington County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Salem highlighted.svg[9].
  • Salem's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85220628[10].
  • Salem's postal code is recorded as 12865[11].
  • Salem's Commons category is recorded as Salem, New York[12].
  • Salem's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3158213[13].
  • Salem's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[14].
  • Salem's local dialing code is recorded as 518[15].
  • Salem's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 979452[16].
  • Salem's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 43.1633635, 'lon': -73.3200469}[17].
  • Salem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0344w5[18].
  • Salem's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-64782[19].
  • Salem's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Salem, New York[20].
  • Salem's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2612'}[21].
  • Salem's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2715'}[22].
  • Salem's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Salem'}[23].
  • Salem's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Salem'}[24].
  • Salem's category for people born here is recorded as Q9226966[25].
  • Salem's category for people who died here is recorded as Q9219786[26].
  • Salem's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+1094'}[27].

Body

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Town of Salem'}[23] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Salem'}[24].

Why It Matters

Salem ranks in the top 5% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2] Salem has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+1094'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+160'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q232291', 'amount': '+52.42'}
    Category for people born here → Q9226966
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:سلیم، نیو یارک]]"
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