Salem Heights CDP (Columbiana County), OH

Salem Heights is a census-designated place in Columbiana County, Ohio, on the western side of Perry Township above the Middle Fork of Little Beaver Creek. It sits beside Salem, with U.S. Route 62 and Ohio routes 14 and 45 carrying the surrounding area across the ridge-and-valley landscape. The hilltop setting is the key orientation point: Salem is nearby, the creek valley creates separation, and the township roads lead west toward Mahoning County. Perry Township's history also ties the village's growth to the surrounding rural land.

Perry Township was organized in the early 1830s after Salem's incorporation, and that township history still frames Salem Heights as a residential community attached to the Salem area. The place name also needs a county label because another Salem Heights CDP lies in Hamilton County near Cincinnati. The local scoop is that Columbiana County's Salem Heights is a hilltop companion to Salem, shaped by the township line, the creek valley, and the highways crossing Blackburn Hill.