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Salem, Massachusetts
City
Left-right from top: Federal Street District, House of Seven Gables, Historic Custom House, Peabody Essex Museum
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Nickname(s): The Witch City, The City of Witches, Pleasure City
Motto: Divitis Indiae usque ad ultimum sinum (Latin: To the farthest port of the rich Indies)
Location in Essex County, Massachusetts
Salem, Massachusetts Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°31′10″N 70°53′50″W / 42.51944°N 70.89722°W / 42.51944; -70.89722
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Essex
Settled	1626
Incorporated	1629
City	1836
Founded by	Roger Conant
Government
• Type	Mayor-council city
Area ^[1]
• Total	18.30 sq mi (47.40 km²)
• Land	8.29 sq mi (21.48 km²)
• Water	10.01 sq mi (25.92 km²)
Elevation	26 ft (8 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	44,480
• Density	5,362.91/sq mi (2,070.66/km²)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01970
Area code(s)	351, 978
FIPS code	25-59105
GNIS feature ID	0614337
Website	www.salem.com

Salem is a city in Essex County, in Massachusetts. It was home of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
County seats: Salem and Lawrence
Cities	Amesbury Beverly Gloucester Haverhill Lawrence Lynn Methuen Newburyport Peabody Salem
Towns	Andover Boxford Danvers Essex Georgetown Groveland Hamilton Ipswich Lynnfield Manchester-by-the-Sea Marblehead Merrimac Middleton Nahant Newbury North Andover Rockport Rowley Salisbury Saugus Swampscott Topsfield Wenham West Newbury
CDPs	Andover (CDP) Boxford (CDP) Essex (CDP) Ipswich (CDP) Rockport (CDP) Rowley (CDP) Salisbury (CDP) Topsfield (CDP)
Other villages	Annisquam Ballardvale Beverly Farms Bradford Byfield Clifton Magnolia Merrimacport Plum Island

v t e Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston (capital)
Topics	Index Geography History People Transportation Villages	Seal of Massachusetts
Regions	Cape Ann Greater Boston Greater Lowell Cape Cod,
Counties	Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk Plymouth Suffolk Worcester Note: Nine former counties were in the District of Maine
Cities	Agawam Amesbury Attleboro Barnstable Beverly Boston Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Cambridge Chelsea Chicopee East Longmeadow Easthampton Everett Fall River Fitchburg Framingham Franklin Gardner Gloucester Greenfield Haverhill Holyoke Lawrence Leominster Lowell Lynn Malden Marlborough Medford Melrose Methuen New Bedford Newburyport Newton North Adams Northampton Palmer Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Revere Salem Somerville Southbridge Springfield Taunton Waltham Watertown Westfield West Springfield Weymouth Winthrop Woburn Worcester Note: Municipalities not listed have a town meeting form of government (see all municipalities)

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