| LC control no. | n 82031745 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | New Salem (Menard County, Ill.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Illinois--New Salem (Menard County) |
| Variant(s) | New Salem, Ill. |
| Found in | Historical souvenir booklet ... 1934. GeoNames, Oct. 15, 2014 (abandoned ppl; N 39° 58' 44'' W 89° 50' 38''; also ppl named New Salem in Pike County, IL; also civil townships named New Salem in McDonough and Pike Counties.) Thomas, B.P. Lincoln's New Salem, 1987: p. 6 (New Salem founded in 1829) p. 57 (Menard County set off from Sangamon in Feb. 1839; by 1840 New Salem had ceased to exist) Wikipedia, Oct. 15, 2014 (New Salem was recreated as a historic village in the 1930s, based on the original foundations. The first village was generally abandoned about 1840, as other towns developed) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_New_Salem> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-il |
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