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This Salem County website page is for History, Facts, Archives, Records, Museums, Exhibits, Documents, Genealogy, Libraries, Historians, Research, Historic Preservation, Ancestry and Statistics in Salem County, Alloway, Carneys Point, Deepwater, Elmer, Hancocks Bridge, Mannington, Norma, Pedricktown, Penns Grove, Pennsville, Pilesgrove, Pilesgrove Township, Pittsgrove, Quinton, Salem and Woodstown.
Places of interest in Salem County include Fort Mott, Supawana Meadows, Stony Point, Delaware River, Manington Meadow, Hancock House, Finn's Point, Intracoastal Waterway, Killcohook, Oakwood Beach and Paradise Lakes.
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Salem
County was named by John Fenwick in 1675. The name and jurisdiction
were settled in 1694 and included Cumberland County. The Old Salem
County Courthouse, situated on the same block as the Salem County
Courthouse, serves as the court for Salem City and is tied for
being the second oldest courthouse in continuous use in the United
States. It replaced an earlier wooden courthouse built in 1692,
making the property the oldest courthouse site in continuous use
in the nation. The present courthouse was built in 1735. Its distinctive
bell tower is essentially unchanged and the original bell sits
in the courtroom. 
