Salem, IA

Salem is a city in Henry County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 394 residents. Salem was settled originally by Quakers with the intent that it be a community of Friends. In 1847, the Lewelling family traveled by covered wagon along the Oregon Trail along with a special covered wagon that had been designed to transport more than 700 young fruit and nut trees, apples, pears, peaches, cherries, quince, walnut, and hickory. Salem Elementary School is within Salem. The through line in Salem is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Salem makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today.