Salem

Summary

Salem is a city of Oregon^[1]. Salem ranks in the top 2% of city_of_oregon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,882 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Salem is located in Marion County^[3].
• Salem is located in Polk County^[4].
• Salem is in the country of United States^[5].
• Salem's head of government is recorded as Anna Peterson^[6].
• Salem's head of government is recorded as Chuck Bennett^[7].
• Salem's head of government is recorded as Chris Hoy^[8].
• Salem's instance of is recorded as city of Oregon^[9].
• Salem's instance of is recorded as state or insular area capital of the United States^[10].
• Salem's instance of is recorded as county seat^[11].
• Salem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kawagoe^[12].
• Salem's twinned administrative body is recorded as Simferopol^[13].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97301^[14].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97302^[15].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97303^[16].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97304^[17].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97305^[18].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97306^[19].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97308^[20].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97309^[21].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97310^[22].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97311^[23].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97312^[24].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97314^[25].
• Salem's postal code is recorded as 97317^[26].
• Salem's Commons category is recorded as Salem, Oregon^[27].

Body

Founding

1842 marks the founding of Salem^[28].

Identity

Salem's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Salem'}^[29].

Why It Matters

Salem ranks in the top 2% of city_of_oregon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,882 views/month).^[2] Salem has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Salem is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]