Salem, Tennessee Explained

Salem is an unincorporated community in Rutherford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

History

Salem was laid out on the Salem and Eagleville Pike.^[1] A post office called Salem Cross Roads was established in 1839, and closed in 1840.^[2]

However, in the 1800s to the mid-1900s or so, there was a place called spoken of at the Salem community in or near Birchwood, Tennessee.

References

35.8092°N -86.4772°W

Notes and References

1. Book: History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. 1886. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 834.
2. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 18 June 2017.