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Salem was founded in 1806 by Zadok Street, a New Jersey clockmaker, and John Straughan, a Pennsylvania potter, and was named after Salem, New Jersey — its name ultimately deriving from Jerusalem and meaning "city of peace."

Salem's early settlers were Quakers of the Religious Society of Friends, and the city was incorporated in 1830.

Salem was a center of abolitionist activity and a station on the Underground Railroad; the abolitionist newspaper The Anti-Slavery Bugle was published here beginning in 1845, and the Daniel Howell Hise House and the John Street House were Underground Railroad stops.

In April 1850 Salem hosted the first Women's Rights Convention in Ohio — only the third such convention in the United States and the first organized on a statewide basis — with women holding all of its offices.

Salem had a population of 11,915 at the 2020 census, spread across 5,151 households.

Salem is the principal city of the Salem micropolitan area, which covers all of Columbiana County, and at 6.43 square miles it is the largest incorporated place by area in the county; a small portion of the city extends into Mahoning County.

Salem sits between Cleveland and Pittsburgh, about 18 miles southwest of Youngstown, and thrived for decades on industry, with employers such as American Standard, Eljer, Mullins Manufacturing, Deming Pump and Salem China; today Fresh Mark's meat production facility and Ventra Salem are among its largest employers.

The Salem City School District's teams are called the Quakers, in honor of the Friends who founded the city, and the district runs Salem Senior High School.

Kent State University at Salem operates a regional campus in the city, using the former Salem High School building.

Salem is also home to Allegheny Wesleyan College, a private four-year liberal arts college focused on ministry and theology-related degrees.