Welcome to Salem Township! Here you will find a growing amount of data pertaining to the township, the towns, the people and it's history. Contributions are welcome as this site continues to grow.

Index A Brief History Towns and Villages Local Churches Cemeteries Local Schools Salem Township History and Artifacts Organizations, Societies and Clubs Census Schedules Salem Township and Adamsville Directories Salem Twp at War Early Land Owners Links Maps Muskingum County Township Project Salem Township Scrapbook

Thanks to Doug Kreis for contributing these images. You can also view them in the Salem Township Scrapbook.

Salem Township was created from Highland Township in July 1819 by the Muskingum County Commisioners. It is found in the north eastern part of Muskingum County between Highland Twp. to the east, Madison and Washington Twps. to the west, Adams Twp. to the north and Perry Twp. to the south. It is found in Range 6W in an area known as "The Military District" which was originally laid out following the Revolutionary War. The name "Salem" was taken from Salem, Massachusetts where some of it's early inhabitants had come from. The major town is Adamsville which once was a prospering community but has of late fallen the way of many towns bypassed by major highways.

• Adamsville
• Mechanicsville
• Spencer

• Adamsville Methodist Episcopal Church (Historical)
  Main Street
  Adamsville
• Beulah Baptist Church (Historical built 1872)
  Norfield Road
  Salem Twp.
• Cumberland Presbyterian Society (Historical)
  Adamsville School
  Adamsville
• The Fourier Society (Historical)
  Section 18, Salem Twp.
• Good Hope Lutheran Church (Historical)
  East Street
  Adamsville
• New Hope Lutheran Church
  Route 93
  Section 2, Salem Twp.
• Salem Methodist Episcopal Chapel (Built 1852)
  Salem Church Road and Norfield Road
  Section 18, Salem Twp.
• Salem Baptist Church (Historical)
  Adamsville

• Adamsville's First Schools - and article by Lewis Shurtz
• The School Lands (Historical)
  
• Adamsville (Union) School
  Adamsville
• Burnt Mill School (Historical)
  Section 9, Salem Twp.
• Milligan's School (Historical)
  Section 22, Salem Twp.
• Stoney Point School (Historical)
  Section 17, Salem Twp.
• The Teachers
  
• The One Room School Houses
  
• 1943 Salem High School Commencement Program
  

• First Elections and Government
• Post Office
• Early Business Establishments
• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Muskingum County, Ohio - Chapter XXVII - Salem Township

• Salem Township Agriculture Society
• Knights of Pythias
• Eureka Grange
• Hubbard Lodge No. 220, F. & A. M.
• Eastern Star of Adamsville
• Fred Aler Post No. 412 of the Grand Army of the Republic

• 1820 Ohio Census Index, Salem Township
• 1820 Ohio Census, Salem Township
• 1830 Ohio Census Index, Salem Township
• 1830 Ohio Census, Salem Township
• 1840 Ohio Census Index, Salem Township
• 1840 Ohio Census, Salem Township
• 1850 Ohio Census Index, Salem Township
• 1850 Ohio Census, Salem Township
• 1860 Ohio Census Index, Salem Township
• 1860 Ohio Census, Salem Township

• 1850 Business Directory
• 1860 Business Directory
• 1866 Business Directory
• 1870 Business Directory
• 1875 Business Directory
• 1880 Business Directory
• 1882 Business Directory
• 1890 Business Directory
• 1882-90 Business Directory
• 1900 Business Directory
• 1910 Business Directory
• 1920 Business Directory
• 1930 Business Directory
• 1940 Business Directory
• 1941 Salem Township, Muskingum County Rural Directory (offsite)

• Salem Township Residents serving in the Revolutionary War
• Salem Township Residents serving in the War of 1812
• Salem Township Militia
• 159th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
• 160th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War
• Other Civil War Regiments
• The Silent Dead or Roll of Honor - Civil War Dead Pamphlet
• Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans from 1890 Veterans Census
• Salem Township Residents serving in the Spanish American War
• Salem Township Residents serving in the World War I
• Salem Township Residents serving in the World War II

• Muskingum County OHGENWEB
• OHGENWEB
• USGENWEB
• Shirer Family Genealogy Project

• Google map of Salem Township.
• Plat map of Salem Twp., 1832.
• Plat map of Salem Twp., 1866 by Ione Bradford Supplee
• Plat map of Salem Twp., 1866
• Plat map of Salem Twp., present day.
• Plat map of Adamsville, 1866.
• Plat map of Adamsville, 1875.
• More maps and atlases for the township.

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Last Updated on Mar 5, 2021

Denny Shirer