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History · Salem

Half of Salem’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Salem was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1974 on, and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Salem’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Salem’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Salem’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salem’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project, …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Salem, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Salem yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Salem is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Upson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Salem had a population of 307.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 310 in 2010, 307 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Salem, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project, Gantry Cranes, 1471 Bartletts Ferry Road, Fortson, Harris County, GADate?Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project, Gantry Cranes,…
On the map

Salem on the map, 1974 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Salem. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Salem on the 1974 USGS mapSalem on the 1981 USGS map1974Logtown sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Salem.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project, Gantry Cranes, 1471 Bartletts Ferry Road, Fortson, Harris County, GA
Retake this viewBartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project, Gantry Cranes, 1471 Bartletts Ferry Road, Fortson, Harris County, GA

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Salem’s page.

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People over time

Salem, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 339

Between 307 and 339 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Salem’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Salem Schoolschool
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salem
EbenezerHicksonSalem Church

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Salem’s history

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.