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THE CITY OF SALEM AND ITS AMENITIES
The city of Salem, Kentucky (pop. 753) was
incorporated on March 15, 1869. It is in the northeastern portion of
Livingston County (pop. 9760) established 1798. Salem lies 12 miles
south of the Ohio River.
Some of the stores and amenities include:
- Tambco
Shell Station and Convenience and auto parts store
- Salem Dollar Store
- Farmer’s Bank and Trust
- Regions Bank
- Burkhart Rural Health Clinic
(staffed by 2 physicians, 1 physician’s assistant and auxiliary
personnel)
- Laundromat
- Federal offices for Conservation Reserve
Program
- Video Store
- Main Street Beauty Salon
- Pumpkin Shell Beauty
Shop
- Glenn’s Prescription Center, Salem Post Office
- Salem Fire
Station
- Boyd Funeral Parlor
- Salem Food Market
- TDS Telecomm Phone
Service
- Salem Springlake Nursing Home
- Tri-Rivers Healthcare (staffed
by 3 physicians and 2 A.R.N.P,)
- Clinic Pharmacy
- Harris LP Gas
- Rudolph’s Farm Supply
- Livingston Hospital
- Hunter Motorsports Café
- Taylor’s Restaurant
- Tina’s To Go take out restaurant
- Senior Health Center
The newly formed Salem Garden Club
meets the 2nd Monday of each month. We recently hosted the 2nd Annual
Home and Garden Tour, and sponsor a Christmas Home Tour each December.
Our current projects are to build a gazebo in town featuring gardens and
benches, and welcome signs on beautiful rocks surrounded by flowers at
each end of town. This past December we had our annual dinner to which
the public was invited and it was a huge success. Our next function will
be a fund raiser BBQ and sing mid September.
Salem is 62.6 miles from
Murray State University.
Salem is 198.49 miles from Louisville, KY.
Salem is 129.03 miles from
Nashville International
Airport.
Salem is 45 minutes from
Land Between the Lakes. And while you are in the area make it a real treat and
visit
Patti’s 1880’s
Settlement.
Salem is 18 miles from
Drake Creek Golf Course.
Salem is 25.8 miles from Paducah, KY (pop 25,665)
county seat of McCracken County *
Links:
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Baptist
Hospital
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Lourdes Hospital
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Crittenden Health Systems
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Carson
Center for the Performing Arts
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Barkley Regional Airport
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Quilt Museum
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Cynthia's Ristorante
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Paducah Tourism
McCracken County (pop. 64,768) has many fine
restaurants, shops (including the ever present mall), antique stores, 2
Wal Mart Super Centers, 2 hospitals and easy access to I-24 which
connects up with several east/west interstates.
*McCracken County, located in the extreme western part of the state,
was one of the earliest counties of the territory known as Jackson's
Purchase. It was established out of part of Hickman County in 1824, and
named in honor of Captain Virgil McCracken. Before the white man made
claim to the land known as the Jackson Purchase it was owned by the
Chickasaw Indian Nation. This area was part of the Chickasaw Nations
vast hunting grounds.
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