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Salem County, New Jersey

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
27historic places
—earliest paper
1710formed
64,837pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 27 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Salem, Mannington Township, Woodstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Jersey is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Salem titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 27 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

27 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alloways Creek Friends MeetinghouseHancock's BridgeBuilding2003
Bayuk, Moshe, HouseAllianceBuilding2012
Brick, Richard, HouseSalemBuilding1976
Broadway Historic DistrictSalemDistrict1992
Dickinson HouseAllowayBuilding1975
Dunn, Zaccheus, HouseWoodstownBuilding1977
Finn's Point Rear Range LightSalemStructure1978
Fort Mott and Finns Point National Cemetery DistrictSalemDistrict1978
Fries, Philip, HouseFriesburgBuilding1990
Hancock HouseLower Alloways Creek TownshipBuilding1970
Hedge-Carpenter-Thompson Historic DistrictSalem CityDistrict2001
Holmes, Benjamin, HouseSalemBuilding1978
Lawson, James and Mary, HouseWoodstown BoroughBuilding2001
Market Street Historic DistrictSalemDistrict1975
Marshalltown Historic DistrictMannington TownshipDistrict2013
Mecum, William and Margaret, HousePennsville TownshipBuilding2018
Nicholson, Abel and Mary, House NHLSalemBuilding1997
Nicholson, Sarah and Samuel, HouseSalemBuilding1975
Pittsgrove Presbyterian ChurchDaretownBuilding1977
Salem County Insane AsylumMannington TownshipBuilding2008
Seven Stars TavernWoodstownBuilding1976
Shinn, Joseph, HouseWoodstownBuilding1979
Smith, David V., HouseElmerBuilding1976
Smith, William, HouseSalemBuilding1994
Ware, Joseph, HouseHancock's BridgeBuilding1990
Wistar, John and Charlotte, FarmMannington TownshipBuilding2016
Wister, Caspar & Rebecca, FarmMannington TownshipBuilding2016

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Salem was formed in 1710 (1710-01-21) from unknown / original county.

21 January 1709/1710. SALEM gained from CAPE MAY. SALEM's redefined boundaries were complete and mappable. The Indefinite Counties Area was eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Salem County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

66k38k10k179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
10,43711,37114,02216,02422,45824,57925,53036,57242,27449,50858,71164,67664,28564,837

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Aldine United Methodist Cemetery39.56884-75.27471
Alliance Cemetery39.5065-75.08435
Alloway Baptist Cemetery39.56061-75.36551
Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery39.64319-75.32731
Canton Baptist Cemetery39.48063-75.41168
Chestnut Grove Cemetery39.60511-75.17629
County Home Cemetery39.63317-75.35936
East View Cemetery39.56344-75.45576
Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery39.72484-75.47214
Evergreen Cemetery39.554-75.4652
Finn's Point National Cemetery39.61119-75.55586
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery39.5733-75.47106
Friends Burying Ground39.65046-75.33076
Jordantown Cemetery39.71039-75.37325
Lawnside Cemetery39.64758-75.33727
Mount Zion Cemetery39.61289-75.35547
Olivet Cemetery39.54301-75.16181
Perkintown Cemetery39.74198-75.42221
Riverview Cemetery39.73104-75.46211
Saint Joseph's Cemetery39.65369-75.32212
Salem Baptist Cemetery39.56203-75.46061
Salem County War Veterans Cemetery39.63248-75.36125
Woodstown Baptist Cemetery39.64886-75.32633
Woostown Presbyterian Church Cemetery39.6483-75.3258

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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