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New Salem is located at 39°54'9" North, 76°47'35" West (39.902526, -76.793162). [4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2), all land. New Salem lies near North Codorus Township. The town has two streets, two pizza shops, a gas station, bar, and post office.
New Salem was laid out between 1850 and 1853. [3] New Salem appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. [4] A post office called Pierce was established in 1853 and remained in operation until 1932. [5]
New Salem is located in western Fayette County, in the southwestern part of Menallen Township. It is bordered to the west by Buffington and to the south, across Dunlap Creek, by German Township. New Salem Road leads southeast 7 miles (11 km) to Uniontown, the county seat, and northwest 3 miles (5 km) to Pennsylvania Route 166 south of Republic.
Delmont was initially known as New Salem. The 300 acres of land was warranted to William Wilson in 1784, and upon his arrival in 1785, he named the area New Salem. In 1812, a post office was established in New Salem, "Salem X Roads" (Salem Crossroads), Pennsylvania. Hugh Bigham was the first postmaster.
New Salem-Buffington was a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 808 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census the area was split into two CDPs, New Salem and Buffington. Both communities are located in Menallen Township.
New Salem is the name of several places: . In Canada: . New Salem, Nova Scotia; In the United States: . Lincoln's New Salem, a recreated former frontier village in Menard County, Illinois
By 1833, New Salem was no longer a growing community; the Sangamon River proved to be inadequate for commercial transportation and no roads or railroads allowed easy access to other markets. Adding to the stresses on the business, Berry became an alcoholic and was often too drunk to work, requiring Lincoln to run the store by himself.
The county is part of the Southwest Pennsylvania region of the state. [a] Fayette County is part of the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The southern border of Fayette County is the southern border of Pennsylvania at both the Pennsylvania–Maryland state line (the Mason–Dixon line) and the Pennsylvania–West Virginia state line.