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.