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'''Salem Township''' is a [[civil township|township]] in [[Dunklin County, Missouri|Dunklin County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]].<ref>{{GNIS|766641}}</ref>
Salem Township was erected in 1845, and most likely was named after [[Salem, Massachusetts]], the native home of a share of the first settlers.The two biggest cities in the township are Senath and Arbyrd.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html| title=Dunklin County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)| publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate=29 September 2016| url-status=bot: unknown| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071947/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_dunklin.html| archivedate=24 June 2016}}</ref>
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[[Category:Townships in Missouri]]
[[Category:Townships in Dunklin County, Missouri]]
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