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History · Salem Township

52% of Salem Township’s homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 6 buildings.

1on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 6 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
2004
Wek Farmstead
Wek Farmstead
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival1
All 1 listings
Wek FarmsteadDistrict · listed 2004

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Idylwilde
1883–1899
Clarkson
1890–1902
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Turkey Ridge
Gone or out of use
IdlewildlocaleNorwegian Lutheran Churchchurch
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Salem Township
BangCarlsonSaint BonifaceSalem Community

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Spring Valley Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChildstown Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMolan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Salem Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Salem Township?

One place: the Wek Farmstead (listed 2004).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.