| New Salem, Georgia | |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 30738 and 30731 |
| Area Code: | 706/423 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Subdivision Name2: | Dade |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
New Salem is a small unincorporated community and voting precinct on Lookout Mountain that occupies the southeastern portion of Dade County, Georgia, United States. While rural, it is part of the Chattanooga, TN - GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community contains the historical New Salem School.[1] The mountain portions of and main entrance into Cloudland Canyon State Park are located within the New Salem community as well.
Dade County makes up the northwestern corner of Georgia, bordering Jackson and Dekalb Counties in Alabama to the west and south, Hamilton and Marion Counties in Tennessee to the north, and Walker County in Georgia to the east and south. Chattanooga is approximately 30 miles from the New Salem community, Trenton 15 miles, Scottsboro, Alabama about 43 miles away. The main highways through the community are state roads 136, 189, and a portion of 157. Dade and the western third of Walker County make up a small, geologically distinct part of Georgia referred to as the Appalachian Plateau, consisting of Sand, Lookout, and Pigeon Mountains and the valleys between them.[2]