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

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.

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