New Salem is a small
unincorporated community
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and voting precinct on Lookout Mountain that occupies the southeastern portion of
Dade County,
Georgia
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, United States. While rural, it is part of the
Chattanooga
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...
,
TN–GA
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community contains the historical New Salem School. The mountain portions of and main entrance into Cloudland Canyon State Park are located within the New Salem community as well.
Geography
Dade County makes up the northwestern corner of Georgia, bordering Jackson and Dekalb Counties in
Alabama
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to the west and south, Hamilton and Marion Counties in Tennessee to the north, and Walker County in Georgia to the east and south.
Chattanooga
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...
is approximately 30 miles from the New Salem community,
Trenton 15 miles,
Scottsboro, Alabama
Scottsboro is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Alabama, United States. The city was named for its founder Robert T. Scott. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 15,578.
From its incorporation in 1870 until 1890, ...
about 43 miles away. The main highways through the community are state roads 136, 189, and a portion of 157. Dade and the western third of Walker County make up a small, geologically distinct part of Georgia referred to as the Appalachian Plateau, consisting of Sand, Lookout, and Pigeon Mountains and the valleys between them.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Dade County, Georgia
*
Northwest Georgia Joint Development Authority
*
Town Line, New York, seceded from the United States (unrecognized) and rejoined in 1946.
References
External links
Dade Countyhistorical marker
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Populated places in Dade County, Georgia