Salem’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Salem. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusSalem is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Upson County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Salem had a population of 307.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 310 people in 2010, 307 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1984.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Salem yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Salem’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salem’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Pro…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Salem
See all 1 →Salem, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Salem is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Salem has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Auchumpkee Creek Covered Bridge in Salem, 2.2 miles away.
Salem and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project, Gantry Cranes, 1471 Bartletts Ferry Road, Fortson, Harris County, GA and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.