New Salem, Kansas

About New Salem

Set in the southern part of Kansas, New Salem is a small unincorporated community.

New Salem holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.37 square miles.

📰 New Salem News Today

• Tommy J. Spaulding Obituary (2026) - Kansas City, MO - Royer's New Salem Funeral Home - Independence Legacy | Obituary · Sep 30
• Patsy Dennett Obituary Oct 7, 2014 Miles Funeral Service · May 22
• Charles Nixon Hall Obituary Aug 12, 2015 Miles Funeral Service · Aug 21
• Dakota Jones Obituary (2026) - Kansas City, MO - Royer's New Salem Funeral Home - Independence Legacy | Obituary · May 15
• Marguerite Reece Obituary May 4, 2012 Miles Funeral Service · May 22

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What Makes New Salem Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named New Salem — but the Kansas one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Kansas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

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