Salem County, New Jersey

Founding: 1694
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The city of Salem
Seat: Salem (1694–)

Land area: 332 square miles

Population (2020): 64,837

Population (historic): 10,437 (1790); 16,024 (1840); 23,940 (1870); 25,530 (1900); 36,834 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1990; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; three boroughs; seven CDPs; 11 townships

National Register listings: 27

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,618 (20.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 44.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,998
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,743
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,802
Average farm size (1920): 62.7 acres
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Salem

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1675 (platting); 1792 (post office); 1798 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,296

Population (historic): 929 (1810); 2,006 (1840); 4,555 (1870); 5,811 (1900); 8,047 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1950; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 933 (35%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Philip Fries Farm (1808). 355 Aldine Road. Alloway. Federal.
2. *John Dickinson House (1734). 68 Brickyard Road. Alloway. Georgian.
3. *Thomas Kelly House (c. 1760). 46 Witt Road. Alloway.
4. *Samuel Nicholson House (1752). 139 Amwellbury Road. Elsinboro. Georgian.
5. *Abel Nicholson House (1722/1859). 127 Hancock's Bridge–Fort Elfsborg Road. Elsinboro. Georgian.
6. *Benjamin Holmes House (c. 1729/1784). 410 Hancock's Bridge–Fort Elfsborg Road. Elsinboro. Georgian.
7. *Washington Bradway House. 723 Harmersville–Canton Road. Lower Alloway's Creek.
8. *William Lawrence Farm (c. 1880). 350 Acton Station Road. Mannington. Second Empire/Eastlake.
9. *Richard Brick Farm (c. 1750). 110 Compromise Road. Mannington. Georgian.
10. *Robert Newell House (c. 1855). 369 Kings Highway. Mannington. Greek Revival/Italianate.
11. *Barrett House (c. 1735). 203 Old Kings Highway. Mannington. Georgian.
12. *Casper Wister House (c. 1825). 84 Pointers–Auburn Road. Mannington. Federal.
13. *William Mecum House (1737/1770). 168 Lighthouse Road. Pennsville. Georgian.
14. *Lindsey House (c. 1860). 1096 State Route 49. Pennsville. Italianate.
15. *Zaccheus Dunn House (1743). 67 East Lake Road. Pile's Grove. Georgian.
16. *Seven Stars Tavern / Peter Lauterback House (1762). 1349 Kings Highway. Pile's Grove. Georgian.
17. *Charles Allen Farm (c. 1885). 903 US Highway 40. Pile's Grove. Italianate/Eastlake.
18. *Pitt's Grove Presbyterian Church (1767). Daretown Road. Upper Pitt's Grove. Georgian.
19. *Paulding Farm (c. 1875). 1 Woodstown–Daretown Road. Upper Pitt's Grove. Second Empire.