| New Salem, Fayette County, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | New Salem |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Menallen |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.01 |
| Area Land Km2: | 3.01 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 499 |
| Population Density Km2: | 165.96 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1070 |
| Coordinates: | 39.925°N -79.8372°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-54040 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1182365 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.16 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.16 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 429.80 |
New Salem is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formerly part of the New Salem-Buffington CDP, before it was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. The population of New Salem was 579 as of the 2010 census.[3]
New Salem is located in western Fayette County, in the southwestern part of Menallen Township. It is bordered to the west by Buffington and to the south, across Dunlap Creek, by German Township. New Salem Road leads southeast 7miles to Uniontown, the county seat, and northwest 3miles to Pennsylvania Route 166 south of Republic. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the New Salem CDP has an area of 3sqkm, all land.[3]