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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. A post office called Salem Cross Roads was established in 1839, and closed in 1840.

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

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salem, Tennessee
2. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 834.
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Murfreesboro
Cities	Eagleville La Vergne Murfreesboro
Town	Smyrna
CDPs	Christiana Rockvale Walterhill
Other communities	Allisona‡ Almaville Barfield Blackman Cedar Grove Florence Fosterville Kittrell Lascassas Midland Milton Overall Readyville‡ Salem Versailles Windrow
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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35°48′33″N 86°28′38″W / 35.8092325°N 86.4772144°W / 35.8092325; -86.4772144

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