Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:



Salem   [East Salem]


This Salem community.is located about 4 miles southeast of Teague.

Texas State Historical Marker: 
Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church and Cemetery - Among oldest in county.
Founded Dec. 3, 1853, by the Lee families, Elders Thomas Dossey and C. T.
Echols certifying to constitution of church. Elder Dossey named it. Five-acre
site given by W. H. McSwane family. First building of logs was replaced later
by frame structure. The present chapel was erected in 1961.


School:  
not listed amongst schools in 1887


Social Organizations:


Churches:
Salem Predestinarian Baptist (1853 to present)

Cemeteries:
Salem Predestinarian Baptist Cemetery (burials at least by 1861)


Businesses:


Nearby Communities:



Known Former Residents:
Dossey, Thomas 
Echols, C. T.
McSwane, W. H.