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Salem
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city in Massachusetts, United States
Salem is a city in Massachusetts with a population of around 42,000 people, located on the North Shore near Boston. It is historically significant as the site of the 1692 witch trials, one of the most well-known examples of mass hysteria and judicial error in American history.
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- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Salem
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Essex County
- Population
- 44480
- Area
- 47.363673
- Elevation
- 8
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Capital of
- Essex County
- Official website
- salem.com
- Image
- Salem Witch House II.jpg
- Households
- 19094
- Motto
- Divitis Indiæ usque ad ultimum sinum
- Significant event
- Salem Witch Trials
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- twinned administrative body
- Ota
- Commons category
- Salem, Massachusetts
- topic's main category
- Category:Salem, Massachusetts
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Salem, Massachusetts
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Salem, Massachusetts
- native label
- Salem
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- time of earliest written record
- 1626-00-00
- postal code
- 01971
- inception
- 1626-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Salem, Massachusetts
- P8168
- Melanie Brown
- water as percent of area
- 54.7234
- different from
- Salem
- per capita income
- 39697
- P12749
- Detlef Gerstenberg
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Encyclopedic overview
Salem (/ˈseɪ.ləm/, SAY-ləm) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem was one of the most significant seaports trading commodities in early American history. Prior to the dissolution of county governments in Massachusetts in 1999, it served as one of two county seats for Essex County, alongside Lawrence.
Today, Salem is a residential and tourist area that is home to the House of Seven Gables, Salem State University, Pioneer Village, the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Salem Willows Park, and the Peabody Essex Museum. It features historic residential neighborhoods in the Federal Street District and the Charter Street Historic District. The city's population was 44,480 at the 2020 census.
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