Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States
New Salem is an unincorporated community in Redbank Township , Armstrong County , Pennsylvania , United States.[ 1] [ 2] It has also been known as Salem. The community is 24.1 miles (38.8 km) northeast of Kittanning and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) east of New Bethlehem .
History
New Salem was laid out between 1850 and 1853.[ 3] New Salem appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.[ 4] A post office called Pierce was established in 1853 and remained in operation until 1932.[ 5]
References
^ a b "New Salem" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
^ "Soil Survey" . nrcs.usda.gov . Natural Resources Conservation Service .
^ Robert Walter Smith (1883). "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Chapter 7, psge 197" . Chicago : Waterman, Watkins. 1883. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
^ "Atlas of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, page 67" . Pomeroy, Whitman & Co., 1876. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
^ "Post Offices" . Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 6, 2018 .