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Website. cityofsalemnj .gov. Salem is a city in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the county seat of Salem County, [19] the state's most rural county. [20] The name Salem, for both the city and county, is derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning peace.
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Salem is a city in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the county seat of Salem County, the state's most rural county. The name Salem, for both the city and county, is derived from the Hebrew word shalom, meaning peace.
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Essays. Salem (City), New Jersey. By Bonny Beth Elwell. As the earliest English Quaker settlement along the Delaware River, the city of Salem was a key port at the mouth of the Salem River in the seventeenth century. Established in 1675 prior to both Philadelphia and Burlington, it was quickly overshadowed by Philadelphia.
Salem, city, seat (1694) of Salem county, southwestern New Jersey, U.S. It lies along the Salem River near the latter’s confluence with the Delaware River, 34 miles (55 km) southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1675 by John Fenwick, an English Quaker.
About Salem City. The town and colony of Salem was laid out in 1675 by a Quaker, John Fenwick and the community was given permission to choose officers in October 1693. It was incorporated on February 21, 1798, as part of the initial group of 104 townships established by the New Jersey Legislature. On February 25, 1858, it was reincorporated as ...
