6,193
66%
$38,065
12.2%
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
47167
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Salem, IN - History
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Welcome to the Salem Home page. The Salem Home page provides as much information as possible on Salem. Knowing Salem’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Salem’s Home page, you will also find Salem’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Salem has a population of 6193. 47.4% of Salem’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.6 are female. 39.5% of Salem is married and 65.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $90,792, and the average rent is $628. Household median income in Salem is $38,065, and the individual median income is $23,669. Salem’s Ethnic is the following: White(97.9%), Multiple(1.7%), Hispanic(0.6%), Native(0.2%), Asian(0.1%), Other(0.1%).
In 1898, Salem was recorded to be a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to reside. The last Black person who lived in Salem was Alexander White. The minister of the Salem Methodist Episcopal church married Alexander White and his wife Eliza Jane Demars on May 5, 1830. White ran a hotel in Salem.
He was murdered in Salem in 1867. The killers were not punished, although one of them, Harvey Zink, was tried for the crime.
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