Salem is an unincorporated community in Rutherford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

History

Salem was laid out on the Salem and Eagleville Pike.[2] A post office called Salem Cross Roads was established in 1839, and closed in 1840.[3]

However, in the 1800s to the mid-1900s or so, there was a place called spoken of at the Salem community in or near Birchwood, Tennessee.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salem, Tennessee
  2. ^ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 834.
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

35°48′33″N 86°28′38″W / 35.8092325°N 86.4772144°W / 35.8092325; -86.4772144


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