Salem

Summary

Salem is a census-designated place in the United States^[1]. Salem ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Salem is located in Burke County^[3].
• Salem is in the country of United States^[4].
• Salem's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States^[5].
• Salem's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community^[6].
• Salem's locator map image is recorded as NCMap-doton-Salem.PNG^[7].
• Salem's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 177416^[8].
• Salem's local dialing code is recorded as 828^[9].
• Salem's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 994153^[10].
• Salem's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2402818^[11].
• Salem's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.7039, 'lon': -81.6989}^[12].
• Salem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ydx1^[13].
• Salem's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 37-58740^[14].
• Salem's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2218'}^[15].
• Salem's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2356'}^[16].
• Salem's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[17].
• Salem's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Salem'}^[18].
• Salem's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+718'}^[19].
• Salem's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4489915^[20].
• Salem's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Salem, North Carolina^[21].
• Salem's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+370'}^[22].
• Salem's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.099886'}^[23].
• Salem's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.09988'}^[24].
• Salem's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}^[25].
• Salem's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 37545^[26].
• Salem's Who's on First ID is recorded as 85981697^[27].

Body

Geography

Salem is in the country of United States^[4]. Salem is located in Burke County^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.099886'}^[23] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.09988'}^[24]. Salem's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+370'}^[22]. Population counts include {'amount': '+2218'}^[15] and {'amount': '+2356'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States^[5] and unincorporated community^[6].

Why It Matters

Salem ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).^[2] Salem has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]