City of Salem is located on Massachusetts Bay, 15 mi NE of Boston (US-T121); incomplete record.
Elevation
10 feet
Latitude (decimal)
42.5138568
Longitude (decimal)
-70.8983295
Authoritative Source
U.S. Geographic Information Names System (GNIS) at U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) ( https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/search/names : accessed 19 August 2025). Entered placename and selected filters to find domestic name approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Sections on Numeration: tables of money, weights, measures; practical questions, bills of parcels, vulgar fractions, simple interest, insurance, and more. Inscribed in front "Haskell Norwood" and Wm. Burnett (?) Ellsworth, 1838 and in back…