Salem, Illinois
City: Salem
County: Marion
State: Illinois
Lat/Long: 38.6167, -88.9333
In 1823, commissioners appointed for the purpose established the town of Salem as the seat of Marion County.
J. H. G. Brinkerhoff, Brinkerhoff's History of Marion County Illinois (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1909), 41-45.