THE SALEM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains setting.
Salem township has 22.1 square miles of land in Warren County. Its Census reference point is in Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains, within Eastern Corn Belt Plains.
Rolling glacial till plains are interrupted by end moraines and areas of older, more dissected deposits. The historical landscape had more tree cover than the Central Corn Belt to the west.
Regional context: Eastern Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Salem and Warren County
Salem is associated with Warren 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 0.14 square miles of water within Salem, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Warren County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Salem township has 10.9 times the land area of nearby Morrow village (2.04 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

