Salem, Tennessee
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Salem is an unincorporated community in Rutherford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.{{GNIS|1300536}}
History
Salem was laid out on the Salem and Eagleville Pike.{{cite book|title=History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present|url=https://archive.org/details/historyoftenness01good_2|year=1886|publisher=Goodspeed Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyoftenness01good_2/page/n3 834]}} A post office called Salem Cross Roads was established in 1839, and closed in 1840.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=TN&county=Rutherford | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 June 2017}}
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
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Rutherford County, Tennessee
Category:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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