THE SALEM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain setting.
Salem town has 24.9 square miles of land in Rockingham County. Its Census reference point is in Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain, within Northeastern Coastal Zone.
Irregular plains and low hills form a coastal transition with glacial lakes and oak-pine woodland. This northeastern landscape is gentler than the mountainous country farther inland.
Regional context: Northeastern Coastal Zone ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Salem and Rockingham County
Salem is associated with Rockingham County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Salem by land and water
The Census records 1.04 square miles of water within Salem, or 4% of its total area. It is 8.5 percentage points lower than the 12.5% recorded for Rockingham County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Salem town has 92.9% of the land area of nearby Windham town (26.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

