Salem
A city in Essex County, Massachusetts — population 43,581 as of 2020.
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99 minutes agoIn Memoriam: Barbara M. Schanz
Barbara M. Schanz, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in Cooperstown, New York on August 30, 2026. Barbara was born on July 11, 1932 in Salem, Massachusetts to James and Olive Cox (nee Lain). As a young child her family moved to Ramsey, New Jersey.
ObituariesIn and around Salem
See & do
- 135 Lafayette Apartments
- Alvarez Family Boxing
- AmCon Shows
- American Burlesque Collection
- American Flatbread Salem
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Salem by the numbers
- Area
- 8.29 sq mi (21.48 km²), 10.01 sq mi water
- Median age
- 39.3
- Households
- 20,267
- Persons per household
- 2.1
- Median household income
- $85,153
- Median house value
- $542,800
- Office
- CITY CLERK
- Address
- 93 WASHINGTON ST, SALEM, MA 01970