Salem, Cherokee County, Texas
Unincorporated community in Texas, United States
31°45′37″N 95°08′19″W / 31.76028°N 95.13861°W / 31.76028; -95.13861Salem is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 20 in 2000. It is located within the Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area.
History
The area in what is known as Salem today may have been settled sometime after the American Civil War. A local church acted as the community center. The church, a cemetery, and several scattered houses were located here in the mid-1930s. Most residents left after World War II, but Salem still had a cemetery and a few scattered houses in the 1990s. Joseph T. Cook is buried in the community's cemetery. It had 20 residents in 2000.[2]
Geography
Salem is located on Farm to Market Road 241, 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Rusk, in south-central Cherokee County.[2]
Education
Salem had its own school in 1897 and had 31 students enrolled. It was still operational in the mid-1930s.[2] Today, the community is served by the Rusk Independent School District.
Notes
- ^ a b "Salem, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c Long, Christopher (April 1, 1995). "Salem, TX (Cherokee County)". tshaonline.org.
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Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Texas, United States
County seat: Rusk
communities
- Atoy
- Brunswick
- Bulah
- Chronister
- Earle's Chapel
- Emmaus
- Etna
- Griffin
- Java
- Larissa
- Lone Star
- Mewshaw
- New Birmingham
- Prices
- Redlawn
- Rock Hill
- Wildhurst
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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