Salem, Virginia See also: Salem, Page County, Virginia Salem, Virginia Official seal of Salem, Virginia Salem is positioned in Shenandoah Valley Salem - Salem Salem is an autonomous town/city in the U.S.

As of the 2010 census, the populace was 24,802. It is the governmental center of county of Roanoke County, although the two are separate jurisdictions.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the town/city of Salem with Roanoke County for statistical purposes.

Salem is bordered by the town/city of Roanoke and is encompassed in the same Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Roanoke College is positioned in the city.

The NCAA Division III National Football Championship, also known as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, as well as the Division III Men's Basketball Championship, are held there annually.

Salem is also the home to a minor league baseball team, the Salem Red Sox, formerly the Salem Avalanche.

The earliest history of Salem exists as archaeological evidence of Native American tribes from as far back as 8000 B.C.

Europeans first explored the region of Salem in 1671, when the Siouan-speaking Totero citizens had a village nearby. Explorers Thomas Batts and Robert Fallam gave the region its first recorded name: Totero Town, after this tribe, who supplied them with a guide to help with further exploration.

Salem's Andrew Lewis Middle School was titled after General Lewis.

It is not known why the town was titled Salem; the most widely accepted explanation is that it was titled to honor William Bryan, a prominent citizen, who had moved from Salem, New Jersey.

Salem was attacked twice by the Union Army amid the American Civil War, but its Salem Flying Artillery is said to have fired the last Confederate shot at Appomattox Court House before to Robert E.

Before integration, this was the high school for African Americans in Salem.

Salem took in South Salem in 1953 and also an easterly tract in 1960, giving it a populace of 16,058 making it Virginia's biggest town at the time.

Salem officially became a town/city on December 31, 1967, to avoid the possibility of annexation into the town/city of Roanoke.

Salem has been the home of two colleges.

In 1847, the Virginia Institute, a boy's preliminary school, moved to Salem from Staunton.

It received a college charter in 1853 and was retitled Roanoke College for the Roanoke Valley.

The college is positioned in central Salem, one block north of Main Street.

Roanoke Women's College, later titled Elizabeth College, directed between 1912 and 1922.

The Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III Football Championship game is held at Salem Football Stadium.

Salem's success in holding that event led the NCAA to also move the NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship and the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship to the Salem Civic Center and the Women's NCAA Division III Softball Championship to Moyer Field.

In August 2007, the Salem Football Stadium also hosted the Southwestern Virginia Educational Classic.

This game is played annually in the Roanoke Valley and comprises of two football squads from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Salem High School, is also known for its athletic programs, especially the football team which has won seven state championships since 1996, and also the forensics team, which has won eleven consecutive state championships.

Salem is positioned at 37 17 12 N 80 3 21 W (37.286895, -80.055836).

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.5 square miles (37.6 km2), of which 14.4 square miles (37.3 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km2) (0.7%) is water. According to the Koppen climate classification system, Salem has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Virginia "Salem, Virginia Koppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)".

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