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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = North Salem, New York
| official_name      = Town of North Salem
| settlement_type    = [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]]
| image_skyline      = Downtown Croton Falls, NY.jpg
| image_caption      = Downtown Croton Falls, a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] within the town
| image_map          = Westchester County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas North Salem highlighted.svg
| map_caption        = Location of North Salem, New York
| image_seal         = North Salem, NY Seal.png
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{Flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{Flag|New York}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Town Supervisor
| leader_name        = Warren Lucas
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = 1788
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web|title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_cousubs_36.txt}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| area_total_sq_mi   = 22.939
| area_land_sq_mi    = 21.369
| area_water_sq_mi   = 1.57
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total   = 5243
| population_density_km2 = 94.72
| population_density_sq_mi = 245.4
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 103
| elevation_ft       = 338
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|19|41|N|73|36|47|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 10560
| area_code          = [[Area code 914|914]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 36-53517
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0979292
| website            = {{URL|http://www.northsalemny.org/}}
| pop_est_as_of      = 2021
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="USCensusEst2016"/>
| population_est     = 5195
| leader_party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|R]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pacchiana|first1=Katherine|title=North Salem: Who is Running For What?|url=http://northsalem.dailyvoice.com/news/north-salem-who-is-running-for-what/436418|website=The Daily Voice|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=August 24, 2011|quote=Republican incumbent Warren Lucas will run unopposed for supervisor}}</ref>
}}

'''North Salem''' is the northernmost [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The town, incorporated in 1788, is a suburb of [[New York City]], located approximately 50 miles north of [[Manhattan|Midtown Manhattan]]. As of the 2020 census, North Salem was recorded as possessing a population of 5,243 people living on a land area of 21.37 square miles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2021 |title=North Salem 2020 Census Quickfacts |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/northsalemtownwestchestercountynewyork/PST045222 |website=United States Census Bureau |language=en}}</ref>

Founded prior to the American Revolution, North Salem contains an amalgamation of urban and rural features, including parks, forests, lakes, and horse trails alongside commuter train service and an interstate highway. The town has been referred to as "Billionaires' Dirt Road"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Luisa |title=Welcome To "Billionaires' Dirt Road": This Pastoral Town Is Home To Larry Fink, Georgina Bloomberg, David Letterman, Richard Gere And More |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2021/11/28/north-salem-billionaires-dirt-road-wes-edens-jamie-dinan-larry-fink-georgina-bloomberg-david-letterman-richard-gere-andmore/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> due to the town's rural characteristics and its relatively high proportion of wealthy residents.

==History==

=== Before the American Revolution ===
The land which currently comprises North Salem has been inhabited for about 12,000 years. Prior to the American Revolution, the area which would become the town of North Salem was home to the [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] peoples, who lived in the village of Pequenakonck, where the hamlet of Peach Lake is today. Although Dutch explorers entered the area in the 1600s, permanent European settlement only occurred in the early 1700s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Backward Glances A time before North Salem.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dknqD4Kjd-W7yy2vDpdQYVt0Q7pOj7ld/view?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2025-08-08 |website=Google Docs}}</ref>

=== Revolutionary Era ===
During the late [[American Colonial Era|Colonial Era]], what would become North Salem and its neighboring town of [[South Salem, New York|South Salem]] were a single municipality, Salem. After the breakout of the [[American Revolutionary War]] in 1776, town residents sided with the revolutionary cause.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Scharf |first=John Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L0I4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA499 |title=History of Westchester County: New York, Including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which Have Been Annexed to New York City |date=1886 |publisher=L. E. Preston & Company |language=en}}</ref>

On September 22, 1780, amidst the war, [[John Paulding]] and [[Isaac Van Wart]] left from what was later known as the Yerkes Tavern, joined by [[David Williams (soldier)|David Williams]]. Their expedition resulted in the capture of the British spy [[John André|Major John André]]. The foundation of Yerkes (Yerks) Tavern is all that is left of the historic building, once at the intersection of Yerkes Road and Bogtown Road. An historic plaque posted on the site reads:<blockquote>On this site stood one of North Salem's early taverns. Its proprietor was John Yerkes, who received a license from the town "to operate a tavern or inn for the accommodation and entertainment of travelers" in 1815.
Early records indicate that this property was owned by the Smith family prior to this date.<ref>[http://www.mapthepast.com/places/place.cfm?placeid=489732 Yerkes Tavern], Map the Past</ref></blockquote>In late May 1784, soon after the end of the American Revolution, Salem split into two towns. What would become known as North Salem was known as Upper Salem for about four years after the split, until an act of the [[New York State Legislature]] in 1788 gave the town its modern name.<ref name=":0" />

=== Nineteenth Century ===
The [[1800 United States census|1800 United States Census]] recorded several hundred [[Slavery in the United States|enslaved individuals]] being held in North Salem.<ref>''North Salem Census of 1800''. United States Census Bureau, 1800.</ref> New York State began operating under a policy of gradual abolition in 1799, with full abolition in 1827;<ref>Harper, Douglas (2003). "Emancipation in New York". ''Slavery in the North''</ref> the practice of slavery in North Salem can therefore be estimated to have come to an end sometime between the years 1800 and 1827.

The [[Great Blizzard of 1888]], which impacted communities across the northeastern United States, seriously disrupted agricultural production in North Salem and prevented train movement. It took over a week after the storm to restore roads and trains to operational order.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Salem History Nuggets |url=https://www.nshs.info/history-nuggets |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=North Salem Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1893, the [[Titicus Reservoir]] began serving the New York City water supply.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-06 |title=Titicus |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/watershed_protection/titicus.shtml |access-date=2024-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044104/https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/watershed_protection/titicus.shtml |archive-date=March 6, 2019 }}</ref> Today, the reservoir is stocked with brown trout each spring and fishing from rowboats is permitted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Titicus Reservoir - NYSDEC |url=https://dec.ny.gov/places/titicus-reservoir |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=dec.ny.gov |language=en}}</ref>

=== Modern History ===
In 1932, the North Salem Free Library was established in the North Salem Town House. It was formally chartered by the State of New York in 1952 and later renamed the Ruth Keeler Memorial Library. Its current building was constructed in 1980 and renovated most recently in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY – Ruth Keeler Memorial Library |url=https://www.ruthkeelermemoriallibrary.org/about-us/history-of-the-library/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The town experienced a population boom around the middle of the twentieth century, nearly tripling in size between the 1940 and 1980 U.S. Censuses. Beginning in the late 1960s, [[Interstate 684]] was constructed through North Salem. When finished in 1974, the new interstate included an exit on Hardscrabble Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interstate 684 (New York) |url=http://www.nycroads.com/roads/I-684_NY/ |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=www.nycroads.com}}</ref>

North Salem's [[Union Hall (North Salem, New York)|Union Hall]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1986.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>

In 2015, a small Cessna aircraft crashed into the Titicus Reservoir, killing both passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wheel, seat found in North Salem reservoir after small plane vanishes |url=https://abc7ny.com/westchester-county-plane-disappears-crash-north-salem-titicus-reservoir/1092527/ |access-date=2024-07-16 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{Climate chart|[[North Salem, NY]]
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=== Physical Geography ===
North Salem is located in a humid continental climate on the [[Köppen climate classification]], and is classified by the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] as being in [[Hardiness zone|plant hardiness zone]] 6b. In extreme circumstances, winter temperature lows may reach {{Convert|-5|F|C}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PRISM Climate Data for Lower 48 |url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/projects/public/phm/phm_us_zipcode.csv |website=PRISM Climate Group}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ |access-date=August 17, 2023 |website=planthardiness.ars.usda.gov |language=en-us}}</ref>

A geographic curiosity of North Salem is the so-called Standing Rock, a granite boulder sitting on several smaller stones. Since the boulder is not consistent with the geographic surroundings, it has been hypothesized that the rock was deposited by glaciers during the [[Ice age|Last Ice Age]],<ref name=":0" /> although others argue that it may have been moved and placed by Vikings or Native Americans.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Native American Propped Boulders|url=http://nativestones.com/prop.htm|access-date=April 9, 2021|website=nativestones.com}}</ref>

=== Political Geography ===
North Salem has a total area of {{convert|22.939|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|21.37|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|1.57|sqmi|km2}} is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=2022 Gazetteer – New York State |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_cousubs_36.txt |website=United States Census Bureau Gazetteer}}</ref> As the northeasternmost town in Westchester County, North Salem is abutted by [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]], [[New York (state)|New York]] to the north and the [[Connecticut|State of Connecticut]] to the east.

North Salem contains both Mountain Lakes Park, a park owned and managed by Westchester County,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sal J Prezioso Mountain Lakes |url=https://parks.westchestergov.com/sal-j-prezioso-mountain-lakes |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=parks.westchestergov.com}}</ref> as well as the smaller [[Baxter Preserve]], which belongs to the North Salem Open Land Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baxter Preserve, The Racetrack |url=https://www.nsolf.org/index.php/baxter-preserve-the-racetrack |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=www.nsolf.org}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1790 = 1058
| 1820 = 1480
| 1830 = 1276
| 1840 = 1161
| 1850 = 1335
| 1860 = 1497
| 1870 = 1754
| 1880 = 1693
| 1890 = 1730
| 1900 = 1133
| 1910 = 1258
| 1920 = 934
| 1930 = 1128
| 1940 = 1194
| 1950 = 1622
| 1960 = 2345
| 1970 = 3828
| 1980 = 4569
| 1990 = 4725
| 2000 = 5173
| 2010 = 5104
| 2020 = 5243
| estyear = 2021
| estimate = 5195
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}North Salem is relatively sparsely populated, with a total population of 5,243 people living in a population density of 245 people per square mile.

Approximately 1-in-5 North Salem residents is 65 or older.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Older+Population |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Just shy of 1-in-4 North Salem residents is under 18.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Children |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The average household in North Salem has 3.23 members, slightly above the average for Westchester County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Families+and+Household+Characteristics |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

=== Fiscal Demographics ===
North Salem has a median household income of $180,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Income+and+Earnings |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> and a poverty rate of 2.5%,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Poverty |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> making it financially better off than Westchester County as a whole. Approximately 80% of North Salem households own their homes, with the median home value estimated to fall in between $500,000 and $1,000,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Homeownership+Rate |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

=== Ethnicity and Nationality ===
One-in-five residents of North Salem speaks a language other than [[English language|English]] at home. Of residents who speak a language other than English at home, a quarter speak [[Spanish language|Spanish]], half speak an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language]] other than English or Spanish, and the remainder speak a non-Indo-European language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Language+Spoken+at+Home |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

North Salem is relatively racially homogenous; as of the 2020 Census, 84% of North Salem residents were white, 11% were Latino, 2% were Black, 2% were Asian, were 4% are of another race. The Census also recorded a small number of Indigenous individuals who made up less than 1% of the population. 8% of residents were biracial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/North_Salem_town,_Westchester_County,_New_York?g=060XX00US3611953517#race-and-ethnicity |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Approximately 14% of North Salem residents were born outside of the United States, most of whom are naturalized U.S. citizens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/vizwidget?g=060XX00US3611953517&infoSection=Native+and+Foreign-Born |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Education==
Most of North Salem is in the North Salem Central School District, which serves approximately 963 pupils.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=NORTH SALEM CSD {{!}} NYSED Data Site |url=https://data.nysed.gov/profile.php?instid=800000035087 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=data.nysed.gov}}</ref>

North Salem Middle School/High School is located on June Road in North Salem.<ref>{{cite web| title=northsalemschools| url=http://northsalemschools.org/district/contact_directory|access-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> The high school has a four year graduation rate of 98%,<ref name=":1" /> and was distinguished as a Blue Ribbon School for high levels of educational achievement by the [[United States Department of Education]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web| title=northsalemschools| url=http://northsalemschools.org/schools/ms_named_school_to_watch|access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref>

Pequenakonck Elementary School, located {{convert|0.3|mi|1}} away from the middle school/high school, serves grades K-5. The middle school, which shares the same building as the high school, serves grades 6–8. The school is particularly small, with about 90 children on average per grade.

== Town government ==
North Salem's town government consists of a town supervisor and four town board members. The supervisor serves a two-year term, and the board members serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that in any given election year, the supervisor and two board members' seats will be up for election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northsalemny.org/town-board/town-board-home|title=Town Board > Home {{!}} The Town of North Salem, NY|website=www.northsalemny.org|language=en|access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+North Salem government
!Position elected
!Name
!Year first elected
!Political affiliation
!Year next up for election
|-
|Town Supervisor
|Warren Lucas
|2009
|R
|2025
|-
|Town Council Member 
|Peter Kamenstein
|2009
|R
|2025
|-
|Town Council Member
|Katherine Daniels
|2020
|D
|2027
|-
|Town Council Member
|Brent Golisano
|2015
|R
|2027
|-
|Town Council Member
|Martin Aronchick
|2011*
|D
|2025
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Aronchick first won his seat in 2011, lost it in 2015 to Lisa Douglas, and won a seat back in 2016 in a special election.

The town is part of New York's [[New York's 18th congressional district|Eighteenth Congressional District]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Congressional Districts Map |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd117/st_based/CD117_NY.pdf |website=US Census Bureau}}</ref> represented by [[Mike Lawler]], a Republican. First elected in 2009, Warren Lucas, a Republican, serves as North Salem's Town Supervisor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town Board {{!}} North Salem, NY |url=https://www.northsalemny.org/town-board |access-date=April 9, 2021 |website=www.northsalemny.org}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Town and City Active Enrollment |url=https://citizenparticipation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/pdfs/2024/enroll-active-2-20-24.pdf |website=Westchester County Government, NY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Town and City Inactive Enrollment |url=https://citizenparticipation.westchestergov.com/images/stories/pdfs/2024/enroll-inactive-2-20-24.pdf |website=Westchester County Government, NY}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party
! Active voters
! Inactive voters
! Total voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,429
| style="text-align:center;"| 132
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,561
| style="text-align:center;"| 36.84%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,129
| style="text-align:center;"| 104
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,233
| style="text-align:center;"| 29.10%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| [[Independent voter|Unaffiliated]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,133
| style="text-align:center;"| 103
| style="text-align:center;"| 1,236
| style="text-align:center;"| 29.18%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Minor parties
| style="text-align:center;"| 187
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
| style="text-align:center;"| 207
| style="text-align:center;"| 4.88%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! style="text-align:center;"| 3,878
! style="text-align:center;"| 359
! style="text-align:center;"| 4,237
! style="text-align:center;"| 100%
|}

{| class="wikitable"  style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ North Salem town vote by<br /> party in presidential elections<ref>{{Cite web |title=Enrollment Figures and Election Results |url=https://citizenparticipation.westchestergov.com/election-dates-and-calendars/enrollment-figures-and-election-results |website=Westchester County Government, NY}}</ref>
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Third party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2020 United States presidential election in New York|2020]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''56.31%''' ''1,719''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.80% ''1,276''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.89% ''58''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2016 United States presidential election in New York|2016]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.97%''' ''1,386''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.63% ''1,238''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|5.40% ''150''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2012 United States presidential election in New York|2012]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.55% ''1,194''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.13%''' ''1,337''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.32% ''34''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|[[2008 United States presidential election in New York|2008]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.83%''' ''1,388''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.71% ''1,303''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.46% ''40''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2004 United States presidential election in New York|2004]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.08% ''1,295''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.21%''' ''1,409''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|1.71% ''47''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|[[2000 United States presidential election in New York|2000]]
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.81% ''1,132''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.16%''' ''1,296''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Independent}}|6.03% ''156''
|}

== Hamlets ==
North Salem contains several [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlets]], internal communities within the town which do not possess their own political representation or governance.

*Croton Falls, New York – a hamlet in the northwest corner of the town, with the [[Croton Falls station]] of [[Metro-North]]
*Grants Corner – a hamlet southeast of North Salem
*North Salem – a hamlet in the western part of the town.  The [[North Salem Town Hall]] was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.<ref name="nris" />
*Salem Center – a hamlet at the eastern end of Titicus Reservoir. The [[X-Mansion|fictitious headquarters]] of the [[X-Men]] [[Marvel Comics]] [[superhero]] team is located in Salem Center.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 14, 2014 |title=X-Men Xavier Institute mansion appears on Google Maps |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-30049783 |access-date=September 10, 2021 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Purdys, New York|Purdys]] – a hamlet south of Croton Falls, with the [[Purdy's station]] of Metro-North.  The [[Joseph Purdy Homestead]] was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.<ref name="nris" />
*[[Peach Lake, New York|Peach Lake]]- a hamlet and CDP in the northeastern part of town, situated mostly in the town of Southeast, Putnam County.

== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Balanced Rock, North Salem, NY.jpg|North Salem's Balanced Rock
File:North Salem Town Hall.jpg|North Salem's Town Hall
File:Swans in Croton River No of Purdys jeh.jpg|Swans in the Croton River, near the hamlet of Purdys
</gallery>

==Notable people==
* [[Fanny Crosby]] (1820-1915), writer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fanny Crosby Birthplace Historical Marker – Adventures Around Putnam |url=https://www.adventuresaroundputnam.com/2017/10/22/fanny-crosby-birthplace-historical-marker/}}</ref>
* [[Chapman Grant]] (1887-1983), grandson of President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
* [[Paul Newman]] (1925-2008), actor, director and race car driver<ref>{{Cite news |last=Charles |first=Eleanor |date=May 16, 1982 |title=WESTCHESTER GUIDE; PAUL NEWMAN'S PLACE |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/16/nyregion/westchester-guide-paul-newman-s-place.html |access-date=January 17, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[Dick Button]] (1929-2025) figure skater<ref>{{cite web|last=Cary|first=Bill|title=Dick Button's garden glory: Open Days opened over weekend|url=http://www.lohud.com/article/20130906/LIFESTYLE01/309060066/Dick-Button-s-garden-glory?nclick_check=1|work=lohud.com|publisher=Gannett|access-date=September 10, 2013|date=September 6, 2013}}</ref>
* [[David Letterman]] (born 1947),<ref name="Westchester Magazine"/> talk show host
* [[David Marks (musician)|David Marks]] (born 1948),<ref name="Westchester Magazine"/> original member of the [[Beach Boys]]
* [[Alan Menken]] (born 1949),<ref name="Westchester Magazine">{{cite web|title=Westchester Magazine|url=http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/Neighborhoods/Westchester/index.php/name/North-Salem/record/2353/|access-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> film composer and songwriter
* [[Richard Gere]] (born 1949), actor
* [[Steven Rattner]], (born 1952), financier, in charge of 2008 [[General Motors]] auto bailout, owns a horse farm in North Salem.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2014 |title=Happy Birthday To North Salem's Steven Lawrence Rattner |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/northsalem/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-north-salems-steven-lawrence-rattner/438891/ |website=North Salem Daily Voice}}</ref>
* [[Laurence D. Fink]] (born 1952), business executive, owns a farm there<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Andrews |first=Suzanna |title=Larry Fink's $12 Trillion Shadow |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2010/04/fink-201004 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref>
* [[Emily Bindiger]] (born 1955), singer<ref name="valentine">{{Cite web |title=A MUSICAL VALENTINE FOR NORTH SALEM, A PERFORMANCE BY PIANIST ROBBIE KONDOR AND VOCALIST EMILY BINDIGER! |url=https://westchesternorth.macaronikid.com/events/5e32d6007ff162630657016f/a-musical-valentine-for-north-salem%2C-a-performance-by-pianist-robbie-kondor-and-vocalist-emily-bindiger |website=Macaroni Kid North Westchester}}</ref>
* [[Robbie Kondor]], musician<ref name="valentine" />
* [[Rodrigo Pessoa]] (born 1972), Brazilian show jumper
* [[Jacob M. Appel]] (born 1973), author of ''Einstein's Beach House''<ref>Phoning Home.  University of South Carolina Press, 2014</ref>
* [[Sam Savitt]] (1917-2000), equestrian artist and author<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/north-salem/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/north-salem-equine-rescue-tastes-victory|title=North Salem Equine Rescue Tastes 'Victory'|website=TAPinto}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[South Salem, New York]]
*[[Baxter Preserve]]
*[[Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://www.northsalemny.org/ Town of North Salem official website]
*[http://www.northsalemlibrary.org/ Ruth Keeler Memorial Library]
*[http://www.northsalemschools.org/ North Salem Central School District]
*[http://www.gonorthsalem.com/ North Salem Lions]
*[http://www.northsalemchamber.org/ North Salem Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.adventuresaroundputnam.com/day-trips-outside-putnam/balanced-rocknorth-salem-ny/ Balanced Rock of the Hudson Valley - Large perched rock and possible] [[Druid]] [[Dolmen]] located in [[North Salem, NY]]

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