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Salem

town in New York state, USA
Place Town In The United States Q195898

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
town in the United States, town of New York[4]
Official name
Town of Salem, Salem[9][10]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 43.163°, -73.320°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Washington County[2]

Population and size

Area
+52.42[14]
Elevation above sea level
+160[13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 160 m GeoNames 164 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Population
+2612, +2715[7][8]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 2,612 · 2,715 GeoNames 2,678 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
518[6]
Postal code
12865[5]
More facts +3
Different from
Salem[12]
Number of households
+1094[11]
Per capita income
+33788[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Salem en Salem, New York en Salem, NY ko 세일럼 ru Сейлем zh 塞勒姆 (紐約州)
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
137276055
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85220628
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Buildings on Main Street, Salem, NY.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
37547
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
36-64782
Facebook location ID
113865451960187
Freebase ID
/m/0344w5
GNIS Feature ID
979452
GeoNames ID
5136102
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
2072113
J9U entity ID
987007562333705171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
3158213
Show all 18 identifiers +6
Quora topic ID
Salem-New-York
Topic's main category
Category:Salem, New York
UN/LOCODE
USL7S
Who's on First ID
404523325
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgd94MMHkdvpBjmKF384q
Yale LUX ID
place/9263d717-ec0a-4857-8687-199408439c97

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🔗 Connections
People born here 6
Jane Gail, Asa Fitch, James Duane Doty, Andrew W. Doig, David Rumsey, Edward Dodd
Contained subdivisions 1
Salem
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
Salem
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Washington County
Located in time zone 1
Eastern Time Zone
People who died here 1
Asa Fitch
← Different from 1
Salem
← Place of publication 1
Washington County Post
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Summary

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

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → 1,094
    Elevation above sea level → 160 metre
    Area → 52.42 square mile
    Category for people born here → Wikidata item
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:سلیم، نیو یارک"
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