2019 Map of New Salem

About this map

New Salem and the surrounding coal-country settlements of Fayette County appear here in a landscape dense with cultural and religious history. The map detail highlights an extraordinary concentration of parish life and family burial grounds, including the Saint Mary Assumption Byzantine Catholic Cem and Holy Trinity Orthodox Church Cem. These features reflect the diverse immigrant heritage of the region's industrial labor force. The geography is defined by a network of small hamlets like Footedale, Keisterville, and Brier Hill that grew along the National Pike. This roadway serves as a central artery through a terrain carved by Dunlap Creek and Redstone Creek. From the institutional grounds of Lafayette Memorial Park to the smaller family plots like Moore Cem, the map provides a precise record of the communities that shaped the coal and coke era of Western Pennsylvania.