Salem is an unincorporated community in Rutherford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]
History
Salem was laid out on the Salem and Eagleville Pike.[2] A post office called Salem Cross Roads was established in 1839, and closed in 1840.[3]
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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salem, Tennessee
- ↑ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 834.
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
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35°48′33″N 86°28′38″W / 35.8092325°N 86.4772144°W
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