Salem, Oregon (usa)

Salem, Oregon

Salem, Oregon ranks 1,729th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mikkeli, Acre, Israel, and Eibar. Memorable people born in Salem, Oregon include John Zerzan, Patricia A. McKillip, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Memorable people who died in Salem, Oregon include Red Mitchell, Jerry Brudos, and Larry Norman. Salem, Oregon has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many musicians, and extremists. Salem, Oregon is located in United States.

Salem is the capital city 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 through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857. Read more on Wikipedia