Salem, Massachusetts

E23727

city municipality

Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.

Aliases (8)

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	351 → 978 →
climateType	humid continental climate →
connectedBy	MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line →
coordinateLatitude	42.5195 →
coordinateLongitude	-70.8967 →
country	United States of America →
economicActivity	education → retail → tourism →
foundedBy	English colonists → Roger Conant →
foundedIn	1626 →
governmentType	mayor–city council →
hasAnnualEvent	Haunted Happenings →
hasAnnualEventMonth	October →
hasCityStatusSince	1836 →
hasHigherEducationInstitution	North Shore Community College (campus) → Salem State University →
hasHistoricDistrict	McIntire Historic District → Salem Maritime National Historic Site →
hasHistoricEvent	Salem witch trials →
hasLandmark	Chestnut Street District → Custom House (Salem) → Old Burying Point Cemetery → Old Town Hall → Pickering Wharf → Ropes Mansion → Salem Witch Trials Memorial →
hasMayor	Dominick Pangallo →
hasMuseum	Peabody Essex Museum → Salem Witch Museum → The House of the Seven Gables → Witch Dungeon Museum → Witch History Museum →
hasNotableBuilding	The House of the Seven Gables →
hasNotablePerson	Elias Hasket Derby → Nathaniel Hawthorne → Roger Conant →
hasSisterCity	Krasnoyarsk, Russia → Ota, Japan → Pazardzhik, Bulgaria →
historicEventYear	1692 →
knownFor	Halloween tourism → Salem witch trials → colonial history → maritime history →
locatedIn	Essex County, Massachusetts → Massachusetts →
locatedInRegion	New England → North Shore (Massachusetts) →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean →
locatedOnWaterBody	Salem Harbor → Salem Sound →
namedAfter	Jerusalem (biblical Salem) →
originalName	Naumkeag →
partOf	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
population	~44,000 →
populationCensusYear	2020 →
postalCode	01970 →
servedAs	county seat of Essex County, Massachusetts (historical) → major seaport in early United States history →
transportHub	Salem station (MBTA) →

Referenced by (146)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charter Street Cemetery → Derby House → Friendship of Salem → Friendship of Salem → Gallows Hill, Salem (traditional attribution) → Hawkes House → Narbonne House → Old Burying Point Cemetery → Pickering Wharf (historic area association) → Salem Common → Salem Harbor → Salem Maritime National Historic Site → Salem Maritime National Historic Site core properties → Surveyor of the Port of Salem → The House of the Seven Gables → United States Custom House in Salem →	locatedIn
Bridget Bishop ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Elizabeth Howe ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Elizabeth Howe → George Burroughs ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → George Jacobs Sr. ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Giles Corey ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → John Hathorne ("Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay") → Jonathan Corwin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Jonathan Corwin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Martha Carrier ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Rebecca Nurse ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Sarah Good ("Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay") → Sarah Wildes ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Susannah Martin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Tony Conigliaro ("Salem, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfDeath
Central Wharf → Court of Oyer and Terminer → Derby Wharf → Derby Wharf Light Station → Jonathan Corwin House → Pedrick Store House → Salem Witch Museum → Salem Witch Trials Memorial → Salem Witch Trials Memorial → Salem Witch Trials Memorial → Salem witch trials ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → West India Goods Store →	location
Bartholomew Gedney ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Edward Bishop ("Salem") → George Jacobs Sr. ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → John Endecott ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → John Hathorne ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → John Proctor ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Salem, Massachusetts, United States") → Sophia Peabody ("Salem, Massachusetts, United States") → Una Hawthorne →	residence
Israel Putnam ("Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay") → John Hathorne ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → John Rogers (sculptor) → Jonathan Corwin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Nathaniel Bowditch → Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. → Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Salem, Massachusetts, United States") → Sophia Peabody ("Salem, Massachusetts, United States") →	placeOfBirth
Bridget Bishop ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Elizabeth Clarke Manning → Jonathan Corwin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Jonathan Corwin → Jonathan Corwin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Nathaniel Hathorne Sr. →	placeOfResidence
Derby House → Derby Wharf ("Salem") → Derby Wharf Light Station → Salem Common → Salem Witch Museum ("Salem") →	city
James Cutler → Jonathan Corwin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Nathaniel Bowditch → Nathaniel Hawthorne ("Salem, Massachusetts, United States") →	workLocation
Massachusetts coastline ("Salem") → Peabody → Peabody, Massachusetts →	adjacentTo
Elizabeth Parris → Jonathan Corwin → Susannah Martin →	associatedWith
Lynn ("Salem") → Lynn, Massachusetts → Swampscott →	borderedBy
Charter Street Cemetery ("City of Salem") → Pickering Wharf (historic area association) ("City of Salem") → Salem Harbor ("City of Salem") →	governedBy
Essex County, Massachusetts → Essex County, Massachusetts → Salem Harbor →	hasCity
Salem, New Hampshire → Salem, Oregon → Winston-Salem, North Carolina ("Salem") →	namedAfter
Massachusetts Route 114 → Massachusetts Route 129 → Massachusetts Route 1A →	passesThrough
Edward Bishop ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → The Diary of Samuel Sewall →	associatedWithPlace
Massachusetts → North Shore (Massachusetts) →	contains
Martha Corey ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Mary Easty ("Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay") →	deathPlace
Friendship of Salem → Friendship of Salem →	homePort
Salem Common ("City of Salem") → Salem Witch Trials Memorial ("City of Salem") →	operator
Old Burying Point Cemetery ("City of Salem") → Salem Common ("City of Salem") →	ownedBy
Bartholomew Gedney ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") → Sarah Good ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") →	placeOfActivity
Mary Warren → Young Goodman Brown →	setting
Abigail Williams → Reverend John Hale →	settingOfActivity
Greater Boston ("Salem") →	containsCity
Essex County, Massachusetts →	containsHistoricCity
Essex County, Massachusetts →	countySeat
Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People ("Salem") →	coversLocation
Salem Village ("Salem Town") →	hadConflictWith
Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft →	hasLocation
Salem Harbor →	hasPortCity
Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils →	historicalContext
Essex County, Massachusetts →	historicCountySeat
Eastern Massachusetts →	includesCity
Massachusetts Bay ("Salem") →	locatedNear
Charter Street Cemetery ("City of Salem") →	maintainedBy
Massachusetts Bay Colony ("Salem") →	majorTown
Charter Street Cemetery ("City of Salem") →	municipality
Town of Danvers ("City of Salem, Massachusetts") →	neighboringMunicipality
Salem Village ("Salem Town") →	neighboringSettlement
Old Burying Point Cemetery ("City of Salem") →	operatedBy
Gallows Hill, Salem (traditional attribution) ("Salem") →	partOf
Route 1A (Massachusetts) →	providesAccessTo
Elizabeth Clarke Manning →	residenceDuringLife
Route 107 (Massachusetts) →	runsThrough
Salem witch trials ("Salem Town") →	secondaryLocationWithinSalem
Orange Line (MBTA) →	serves
Massachusetts Route 114 →	servesCity
MBTA Commuter Rail Newburyport/Rockport Line →	servesMunicipality
Hocus Pocus →	setIn
Judge Danforth →	settingOfActions
The Crucible →	settingPlace
James Howe Jr. →	spouseExecutionPlace
town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) ("city of Salem, Massachusetts") →	successorAdministrativeUnit
Susannah Martin ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") →	trialHeldIn
Martha Corey ("Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony") →	trialLocation