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City of Salem
The Oregon State Capitol
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Nickname: The Cherry City
Location in Marion and Polk Counties, state of Oregon
Coordinates: 44°55′51″N 123°1′44″W / 44.93083, -123.02889
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Counties	Marion, Polk
Founded	1842
Government
- Type	City Council - City Manager
- Mayor	Janet Taylor
Area
- City	46.4 sq mi (120.1 km²)
- Land	44.8 sq mi (118.4 km²)
- Water	0.6 sq mi (1.6 km²)
Elevation	154 ft (46.7 m)
Population (2006)
- City	149,305
- Density	2,994.0/sq mi (1,156.1/km²)
- Metro	379,406
	(estimated)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Area code(s)	503/971
FIPS code	41-64900GR2
GNIS feature ID	1167861GR3
Website: www.cityofsalem.net

Salem (IPA: /ˈseɪləm/) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north and south through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk County, the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County.

As of July 1, 2006 it had a population of 149,305,^[1] making it the second largest city in the state after Portland. The population of the Salem Metropolitan (MSA) area is approximately 385,000 making it the second largest urban area in the state. Just recently, Salem belonged to the now defunct Portland-Salem, OR-WA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Origin of name 1.2 Native Americans 1.3 European - Americans 1.4 Capitol buildings 1.5 State fair and Cherry festival 2 Geography and climate 3 Demographics 4 Economy 5 People and culture 5.1 Neighborhood associations 5.2 Annual cultural events 5.3 Museums and other points of interest 6 Media 7 Sports 8 Parks and recreation 8.1 City parks 8.2 Recreation 9 Education 9.1 Elementary and secondary 9.2 Colleges and universities 10 Infrastructure 10.1 Transportation 10.2 Healthcare 11 Sister cities 12 Gallery 13 Further reading 14 References 15 External links

The Native Americans who originally inhabited Salem, the Kalapuyans called the area Chemeketa, which means "meeting or resting place" in the Central Kalapuya language (Santiam). The original Kalapuya pronunciation of the word is Chim-i-ki-ti.^[2]. Chemeketa was Salem's original name.^[3]

According to Oregon Geographic Names, it is uncertain who chose the new name for the town, but it is believed to be one of two people: Trustee David Leslie from Salem, Massachusetts, or William H. Willson who in 1850–1851 filed the plats for the main part of the city. There were many names suggested and even after the change to Salem some people such as Asahel Bush (editor of the Oregon Statesman) believed the name should go back to Chemeketa. ^[4]

The name Salem is derived from the semitic words (Arabic salam and Hebrew shalom) for peace. The Vern Miller Civic Center which houses the city offices and library has a public space dedicated as the Peace Plaza in recognition of the names the city has been known by.^[4]

It is estimated that the Willamette Valley area has been inhabited for 5,000 years. The Kalapuyan peoples would gather on the plateau east and south of the current downtown area in the winter and establish camps. They fished and harvested in the streams and fields of the area. One staple of life was the camas root and periodically the Kalapuya would set fires that would clear and fertilize the meadows where it grew. ^[5]

The first European - Americans arrived in the are as early as 1812, they were trappers and food gatherers for the fur trading companies in Astoria, Oregon.

The first permanent American settlement in the area was the Jason Lee Methodist mission (1840) located in the area just north of Salem known as Wheatland. ^[6] In 1842, the missionaries established the Oregon Institute (the forerunner of Willamette University) in the area that was to become the site of Salem. In 1844, the mission was dissolved and the town site established.

In 1851, Salem became the territorial capital after it was moved from Oregon City. The capital was moved briefly to Marysville (now Corvallis) in 1855, but was moved back to Salem permanently that same year. Salem incorporated as a city in 1857 and with the coming of statehood in 1859 became the state capital.

Oregon has had three capitol buildings in Salem. A two-story state house, which had been occupied for only two months, burned to the ground in December of 1855. Oregon's second capitol building was completed in 1876 on the site of the original. The Greek revival-style building was based in part on the U.S. Capitol building. The building received its distinctive copper dome in 1893. Tragically, fire claimed the second Oregon capitol building on April 25, 1935. The third and current Oregon State Capitol was completed on the same site in 1938. It is recognizable by its distinctive pioneer statue atop the capitol dome that is plated with gold-leaf and officially named the Oregon Pioneer.

Agriculture has always been important to Salem and the city has historically recognized and celebrated that in a number of ways. Salem is nicknamed the "Cherry City", because of the past importance of the local cherry growing industry.^[7] In 1861, Salem became the permanent site of the Oregon State Fair when the Oregon State Agricultural Association chose the Marion County Fair grounds.^[8] The first cherry festival in Salem was held in 1903. In the following decades, the event briefly became an annual event, with parades and the election of a cherry queen, but was disbanded after World War I. It was revived briefly as the Salem Cherryland Festival for several years in the late 1940s.^[9]

Salem is located in the north-central Willamette Valley at 44°55′51″N, 123°1′44″W (44.931109, -123.029159).^GR1

The 45th Parallel (halfway between the North Pole and the Equator) passes through Salem's city limits.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 46.4 square miles (120.1 km²), of which, 45.7 square miles (118.4 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) of it (1.35%) is water.

Although the Willamette River flows through Salem, the North Santiam River Watershed is Salem's primary drinking water source.

Salem lies in Marion and Polk counties.

Elevation within the city limits ranges from about 100–800 ft (30–240 m). Salem contains the volcanic Salem Hills in the south and is sandwiched by the 1000 ft (300 m) Eola Hills directly to the West and the 600 ft (180 m) Waldo Hills to the east. Northern Salem is less hilly. South and West Salem are the most mountainous areas. The Cascades including Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson as well as the coast range can be viewed from lower and higher elevations throughout the city.

Salem's mean annual temperature is 52 °F (11 °C);^[10] its annual rainfall is 40 in (1010 mm). Despite that Salem is about 40 miles (64 km) south of Portland, Salem is actually cooler on average than Portland (56.5 °F or 13.6 °C) due to Salem's lower low temperatures.^[11]

Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Record High °C (°F)	18.3 (65)	22.2 (72)	26.7 (80)	31.1 (88)	37.8 (100)	40.6 (105)	42.2 (108)	42.2 (108)	40.0 (104)	33.9 (93)	22.2 (72)	20.0 (68)
Normal High °C (°F)	8.3 (47.0)	10.7 (51.2)	13.5 (56.3)	16.2 (61.1)	19.7 (67.5)	23.3 (74.0)	27.5 (81.5)	27.7 (81.9)	24.8 (76.6)	18.1 (64.5)	11.3 (52.4)	8.0 (46.4)
Normal Low °C (°F)	0.8 (33.5)	1.5 (34.7)	2.6 (36.6)	3.8 (38.8)	6.4 (43.6)	9.1 (48.4)	11.1 (52.0)	11.2 (52.1)	8.7 (47.7)	5.2 (41.3)	3.3 (37.9)	1.1 (33.9)
Record Low °C (°F)	-23.3 (-10)	-20.0 (-4)	-11.1 (12)	-5.0 (23)	-3.9 (25)	0.0 (32)	2.8 (37)	2.2 (36)	-3.3 (26)	-6.7 (20)	-12.8 (9)	-24.4 (-12)
Normal Precipitation mm (inches)	148.3 (5.84)	129.3 (5.09)	105.9 (4.17)	70.1 (2.76)	54.1 (2.13)	36.8 (1.45)	14.5 (0.57)	17.3 (0.68)	36.3 (1.43)	77.0 (3.03)	162.3 (6.39)	164.1 (6.46)
Normal Snowfall mm (inches)	73.7 (2.9)	33.0 (1.3)	12.7 (0.5)	0.0 (0.0)	T (T)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	T (T)	T (T)	7.6 (0.3)	40.6 (1.6)
Source:[12]

As of the census^GR2 of 2006, there were 150,254 people, 50,676 households, and 32,331 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,994.0 people per square mile (1,156.1/km²). There were 53,817 housing units at an average density of 1,176.8/sq mi (454.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.07% White, 1.28% African American, 1.51% Native American, 2.41% Asian, 0.47% Pacific Islander, 7.90% from other races, and 3.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.59% of the population.

There were 50,676 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the city, the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,881, and the median income for a family was $46,409. Males had a median income of $34,746 versus $26,789 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,141. About 10.5% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

State government is Salem's largest employer, but the city also serves as a hub for the area farming communities and is a major agricultural food processing center.^[13] It lies along the I-5 corridor and is within an hour's drive of Oregon's largest city, Portland.

In a bid to diversify its economic base, Salem attracted a number of computer-related manufacturing plants in the 1990s. In November 2003, the Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Group (SUMCO), one of these arrivals, announced it would be closing its two silicon wafer plants at the end of 2004, eliminating 620 jobs, and moving production to other plants.^[14] In June 2006, SUMCO announced that its last facility in the city, a technology center, would close by the end of the year.^[15]

The top private employer in Salem is the Salem Hospital with over 2,700 employees. Others include the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde's Spirit Mountain Casino west of Salem, the T-Mobile Calling Center, GE Security (Formerly Supra Products Inc.), Wachovia Securities, Norpac Foods Inc., Roth's Family Markets, and Willamette University.

Salem is the headquarters of the Oregon Department of Corrections and home to four state correctional facilities, including the Oregon State Penitentiary, Oregon's only maximum security prison.

Numerous projects are underway to increase the supply of housing in the downtown core. These projects will provide upscale, low and high rise condominium and office space.

Salem has 19 recognized neighborhood associations, they are independent groups but do receive administrative support from the city.^{[16] [17]}

Central Area Croisan-Illahe East Lancaster Faye Wright Grant Highland Lansing

Morningside Northeast Northeast Salem Northgate North Lancaster South Central

Southeast Mill Creek South East Salem South Gateway South Salem Sunnyslope West Salem

From May through October the Salem Saturday Market, located north of the Capitol, exhibits an emphasis on local products including crafts, baked goods, produce, meat, and other items. In addition to the Saturday Market, there is a Wednesday Farmers' Market hosted downtown in Courthouse Square during the summer, as well a Holiday Gift Market in December. The 60+ year old, indoor Saturday Public Market is open all year round.

The annual World Beat Festival , held in June, is sponsored by the nonprofit Salem Multicultural Institute. The event lasts for two days and is held at the Riverfront Park. It features international crafts, music, dance, food, and folklore from every continent, and in recent years has held a Dragon Boat race similar to the ones held during the nearby Rose Festival in Portland^{[citation needed]}.

The Salem Art Association sponsors the annual Salem Art Fair & Festival, which takes place at Bush's Pasture Park during the summer. Its displays, interactive exhibits, food, and performances attract thousands of visitors each year, making it the largest juried art festival of its kind in the state^{[citation needed]}.

The Bite of Salem, held in July at the Riverfront Park, is an event similar to others such as the Bite of Oregon in Portland. The event consists of a weekend of local restaurants in Salem offering samples of their menus to patrons in a festival atmosphere, with live entertainment and benefiting local charities. Chef's Nite Out is an upscale wine and food benefit held for the Marion-Polk Food Share.^[18]

The largest event in Salem is the Oregon State Fair at the end of August through Labor Day. Located in the Oregon State Fairgrounds in North Salem, the fair offers exhibits, competitions and carnival rides. Other events such as concerts, horse shows and rodeos take place at the Oregon State Fair and Expo Center throughout the year.^[19]

The Salem Film Festival has included feature films that were Oregon premieres.

The Salem Repertory Theatre presents shows at the Reed Opera House. The rustic Pentacle Theatre, which features plays and musicals, is located in rural West Salem. The historic Elsinore Theatre is also a landmark featuring recitals, concerts, films, and plays^{[citation needed]}. The historic New Grand Theater is undergoing renovation and has hosted the Salem Progressive Film Series and other shows.

In addition to the Oregon State Capitol and adjacent Willson Park, Salem's downtown contains the Mission Mill Museum, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, the Elsinore Theatre, Riverfront Park, the Willamette River, some of the oldest buildings in Oregon, as well as shopping and restaurants. The A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village interactive children's museum is also located in Salem.

The two leading candidates for the tallest buildings in Salem are the First United Methodist Church and the "Capitol Center."^[20] A private survey commissioned by a local publication holds that the church is the highest.[1] The current sanctuary was completed in 1878. Its tall white spire rises at the intersection of Church and State Streets across from the Capitol grounds. The "Capitol Center" (originally the First National Bank Building and then the Livesley Building) was built by Thomas A. Livesley a prominent Salem area businessman, civic leader, and former Mayor of Salem in 1927. At that time of its completion, it was the highest commercial building in the state.^[20]

In 1988, Livesley's family home was purchased through private donations and was donated to the state. It now serves as the official residence of the Governor and family. Now known as Mahonia Hall, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

The Oregon Symphony, based in Portland, presents approximately ten classical and pops concerts each year in Salem. The Salem Chamber Orchestra includes professional area musicians as well as students. The Salem Armory Auditorium has hosted touring bands including Korn and Phish.

Because Salem is the state capital, it has a multitude of government agencies, departments, and boards housed in buildings with architectural designs ranging from the early 20th century to examples of state-of-the-art civil building design.

The historic Reed Opera House in downtown Salem has a number of local shops and dining establishments, as well as an art gallery.

Salem has been awarded "Tree City USA" status by the National Arbor Day Foundation for 30 consecutive years for its dedication to urban forestry.^[21] Salem was the first city in Oregon to receive the award.^[22] In keeping with the city's "Cherry City" theme, flowering cherry trees have been planted along many Salem streets as well as on the Capitol Mall across from the Capitol.

The Salem Public Library's main branch is located just south of downtown. A branch library is located in West Salem (Polk County). The Library participates in the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service, so Salem Public Library cards are also valid in of the member libraries in Yamhill, Polk, Marion, and parts of Linn County.

The film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed at the Oregon State Hospital.

Salem and its environs has a multitude of wineries and vineyards that are open to the public.

Salem currently has one daily newspaper, the Statesman Journal, a monthly alternative newspaper Salem Monthly and an online newspaper, the Salem-News^[23]. The Capital Press a weekly agricultural newspaper is published in the city and is distributed throughout the west coast. Salem has one UHF television station KWVT-TV 17.

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a minor league baseball team, play their home games in the city of Keizer, which adjoins Salem on the north. The Salem Stampede of the International Basketball League play their home games at the Salem Armory. Also playing in Salem is the Cascade Surge, a minor league soccer team associated with the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL). The Surge play home games at McCulloch Stadium on the campus of Willamette University.

Salem's Department of Community Services Parks Operations Division is responsible for a park system encompassing 1,874 acres (758 ha) with 29.53 miles (47.52 km) of trails, 46 parks, and another 55 open and undeveloped areas.^[24]

Minto-Brown Island Park is the largest at 898.9 acres (364 ha).^[25]

Bush's Pasture Park, a 90.5 acre (36.6 ha) urban park a few blocks south of downtown Salem, features natural groves of native Oregon White Oak trees, the historic Bush House, a rose garden, and adjacent Deepwood Estates.^[26]

Other city parks include 101 acre (41 ha) Cascade Gateway Park, twenty-three acre (9.3 ha) Riverfront Park, adjacent to downtown and the Willamette River. It is the home of the Salem Carousel.

Across the Willamette River in West Salem is the 114 acre (46 ha) Wallace Marine Park, which includes a boat ramp and floating boat dock allowing easy access to the for water sports.

Salem is also home to one of the smallest city parks in the world, Waldo Park, which consists of a single Sequoia tree.^[27] Mill Ends Park park in Portland is the smallest in the state.

The capitol grounds maintained by the state of Oregon cover three city blocks and include Willson and Capitol parks.

Other large parks located in the Salem area include 1680 acre (680 ha) Willamette Mission State Park north of the city, and Silver Falls State Park east of Salem. Both of these parks have extensive hiking, biking, and horse trails.

Salem's central location provides access to a wide variety of recreational activities in a variety of climates and geographies year round. The Coast Range and the Pacific Ocean is to the west. The Santiam Canyon area, the Western Cascades and the High Cascades are to the east. Portland, OR and its environs are to the north, while Eugene, OR and its environs are to the south.

Salem's public elementary and secondary schools are part of the Salem-Keizer School District which has approximately 39,000 students and is the second largest public school district in the state.^[28] The city also has many private elementary and secondary schools such as Blanchet Catholic School. One school, Willamette Academy is part of an outreach program run by Willamette University that is designed to expose under represented students to the rewards of an academic life at an early age (7th–12th grade) .^[29]

Salem is also home to several public boarding schools, the Chemawa Indian School a Native American high school, the Oregon School for the Blind and the Oregon School for the Deaf.

Post secondary schools include Chemeketa Community College, Corban College, Tokyo International University of America and Willamette University, the oldest university in the American west.^[30] Portland State University and Eastern Oregon University provide classes and a handful of undergraduate degrees at Chemeketa Community College.

Salem-Keizer Transit ("Cherriots"), an independent government agency, provides fixed-route bus service, rideshare matching, and paratransit/lift services for the disabled, within the urban growth boundary. There is a fare-free zone located in downtown Salem.

Greyhound Lines provides north-south service and connecting carrier service to Bend, Oregon from its station downtown.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, leases the Salem Depot from the Oregon Department of Transportation. The Coast Starlight provides daily north-south service to cities between Los Angeles, California and Seattle, Washington. Amtrak Cascades trains, operating as far north as Vancouver, British Columbia and as far south as Eugene, Oregon, serve Salem several times daily in both directions.

Salem-Keizer Transit in cooperation with Wilsonville's SMART provide routes between downtown Salem and major employers in Wilsonville. From Wilsonville, passengers can be transported to downtown Portland via TriMet.

HUT Airport Shuttle provides transportation to Portland International Airport. HUT also serves Corvallis with a second stop at Oregon State University, Albany, and Woodburn.

Mountain Express provides transportation between Salem and Bend.

McNary Field (Salem Municipal Airport) is owned and operated by the City of Salem. It serves primarily private aviation and the Oregon National Guard - Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF). Delta Connection offers commercial air service with two daily flights to Salt Lake City, Utah. The airport is planning to perform terminal improvements using a preconstructed modular building.^[31]

The city is served by the following highways:

• Interstate 5
• Oregon Route 99E
  • Oregon Route 99E Business is a spur of the above, serving the downtown area
• Oregon Route 22
• Oregon Route 221
• Oregon Route 51
• Oregon Route 213

Salem Hospital Regional Health Services is a 454 bed acute care medical facility. It is a not for profit organization.^[32]

Salem has two sister cities:^[33]

• Kawagoe, Japan
• Gimhae, South Korea

Capitol Tower and Pioneer Trust Bank, two historic buildings in Downtown Salem.	The Willamette Queen paddleboat on the Willamette River.	The carousel in Riverfront Park.	Riverfront Park in downtown.
First United Methodist Church in downtown.	Marion County courthouse, located downtown.	Wisteria covered alley in downtown Salem.	A neighborhood in South Salem covered in snow.

• MacGibbon, Elma (1904). Leaves of knowledge. Shaw & Borden Co.  Elma MacGibbons reminiscences of her travels in the United States starting in 1898, which were mainly in Oregon and Washington. Includes chapter "Salem, the capital of Oregon."

• City of Salem
• Salem Online History
• Salem Historical Quarterly
• Official Salem, Oregon tourism site
• The Salem Chamber of Commerce
• Oregon Blue Book entry for Salem

• Salem, Oregon is at coordinates 44°55′52″N 123°01′45″W / 44.931109, -123.029159Coordinates: 44°55′52″N 123°01′45″W / 44.931109, -123.029159

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