Salem

Also known as Salem, Massachusetts, Salem, MA

city in Massachusetts, United States

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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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Official name: Salem
Population: 44480
Area: 47.363673
Elevation: 8
Official website: salem.com
Image: Salem Witch House II.jpg
Households: 19094
Motto: Divitis Indiæ usque ad ultimum sinum

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Commons category: Salem, Massachusetts
native label: Salem
time of earliest written record: 1626-00-00
postal code: 01971
inception: 1626-00-00
P8168: Melanie Brown
water as percent of area: 54.7234
per capita income: 39697
P12749: Detlef Gerstenberg

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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.