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Salem, Alabama. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Lee. Associated ZIP codes: 36874.
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33 dogs arrived at MSPCA-Angell's Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem Friday afternoon via an emergency evacuation flight from Alabama, the organization a...
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BY DANIEL SCHMIDT | THE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — Local youth baseball players showcased their skills at the USSSA Alabama All-State Championships in Oxford on...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has set an execution date for a man convicted of raping and killing a 5-year-old Phenix City girl.
Form of Advertisement of Completion Legal Notice: In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given, that Tol...
Opelika Main Street event on Oct. 9 will feature 19 stops, live music, light bites and new partnership with East Alabama Arts BY MICHELLE KEYPUBLISHER OPELIK...
Robert Lewis Howard was a native of Opelika, Al. When he was a child, his father, Charles, and an uncle were drafted into World War II, both becoming paratro...
CONTRIBUTED BY EAH OPELIKA — East Alabama Medical Center has earned reaccreditation as a Robotic Surgery Center of Excellence from the Surgical Review Corp...
BY SAM VISETHE OBSERVER EAST ALABAMA — Integrea Mental Health, the regional community mental health provider headquartered in Opelika, has been awarded an...
CONTRIBUTED BY SUSCC OPELIKA — Southern Union State Community College will be joining the ranks of the Alabama Community College Conference women’s fla...
WHAT: Goodwill Industries of the Southern Rivers and East Alabama Medical Center are partnering to host a hiring event in Opelika, connecting job seekers wit...
BY DANIEL SCHMIDTTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The newly formed Gulf States Independent Athletic Association is expected to result in the dissolution of one of...
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An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
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Salem is in Lee County, Alabama.
Region: Central Alabama
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An Alabama man has been charged with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-...
Alabama Marine Resources officials say several years of poor water conditions have contributed to a significant decline in oyster numbers. Because of the dec...
Salem, in Lee County, was founded in 1835. Among its earliest families were those of Henry Crowder, Dr. D. W. Floyd, Charles Nelms, W. W. Burt, George Heard, John Askew and Moses Pruitt, and the town was laid off in 1836 by Benjamin H. Baker, Dr. Erastus Jones and B. S. Mangham. A schoolhouse was built in 1837, followed by academies for girls and boys, Baptist and Methodist churches, a camp meeting ground and a stagecoach stop. A post office opened in 1839, and the town was incorporated in 1846. By 1855 a railroad linked Salem with Opelika and Columbus, Georgia.
Salem grew quickly for two decades, but a fire in 1854 and then the Civil War brought the collapse of its town government and a loss of people. When Lee County was created on December 5, 1866, Salem received the second-highest vote for county seat, and its charter later lapsed. The Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge, long a local symbol, was destroyed by a fallen tree on June 4, 2005, and rebuilt in 2007 at Opelika Municipal Park. On February 28, 2009, an EF2 tornado destroyed Salem Chapel AME Church, several homes and part of Wacoochee Junior High School. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Salem, Alabama (Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Lee County Historical Society) Wikipedia: Salem, Alabama
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