Editing Lower Salem, Ohio (section)

==History==
Lower Salem had its start when a [[corduroy road]] (called the Old Plank Road) was built through it to Marietta.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/549960/How-communities-got-their-names.html?nav=5248 | title=How communities got their names | work=Marietta Times | date=February 19, 2013 | accessdate=December 29, 2015}}</ref> It has a post office.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Washington | title=Washington County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=December 29, 2015}}</ref> The town site was not laid out until 1850, and was settled predominantly by German immigrants.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hathaway|first=Seymour J.|title=History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmariett01andr|year=1902|publisher=Biographical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmariett01andr/page/321 321]}}</ref> Lower Salem was once home to a hotel, a doctor's office, an armory, Wagner's General Store, and a gas station and auto parts shop. While all of these buildings remain standing, all have gone out of business. {{citation needed|date=May 2023}}