Salem Heights is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in
Columbiana County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census, in which its population was 336.
Little Beaver Creek
Little Beaver Creek is a wild and scenic area in Ohio. The Little Beaver Creek watershed is located primarily in Columbiana County in eastern Ohio, and in portions of Carroll County, Mahoning County, and western Pennsylvania, draining approxi ...
. It is part of the Salem micropolitan area.
Geography
The CDP is in northern Columbiana County, on the western edge of Perry Township, which primarily contains the city of Salem. Salem Heights is bordered to the west by Goshen Township in Mahoning County
Mahoning County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 228,614. Its county seat and largest city is Youngstown. The county is named for a Lenape word meaning "at the licks" or "there is a lick", refe ...
and by Butler Township in Columbiana County. To the east it is bordered by Ohio State Route 45
State Route 45 (SR 45) is a north–south state highway in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at the State Route 7/ State Route 39 concurrency in Wellsville, and its northern terminus is at State ...
, a western bypass of Salem. U.S. Route 62
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runs through the center of Salem Heights on West State Street, then turns north to join the Route 45 bypass. Ohio State Route 14
State Route 14, located in northeastern Ohio, runs from U.S. Route 6/ U.S. Route 42/ State Route 3 in Downtown Cleveland southeasterly to the Pennsylvania state line near East Palestine; Pennsylvania Route 51 continues southeasterly from there. ...
(Benton Road) passes through the northern part of Salem Heights, leading southeast into Salem and northwest to Ravenna
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. US-62 leads northeast to Youngstown
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County. At the 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, which ...
and west to Alliance
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. State Route 45 leads southeast to Lisbon.
References
Census-designated places in Columbiana County, Ohio
Census-designated places in Ohio
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