Community
Profile
- Salem is located in
North Central Arkansas on the east-west U.S. Highway 62/412. It is the
county seat of Fulton County
and has a Mayor-City Council form of government. According to the 2000
Census
the population is 1,591 with 679 households and 412 families residing
in the city.
Climate
- Salem
and Fulton
County
has a temperate climate with mild winters, experiencing little
snowfall. May
normally brings the highest precipitation with 5.1 inches. The average
annual
rainfall is 45 inches. The average Low is 51 degrees and the average
High is 71
degrees. The average humidity (midday) is 79%
Health Care
- Fulton County Hospital is an acute
care hospital certified by
CMS and licensed by the state as a 25 bed Critical Access Hospital. The
hospital provides 24 hour emergency service and general diagnostic
testing including clinical laboratory testing, general x-ray and CT.
Ultrasound and MRI are provided on a scheduled basis. Fulton County
Hospital has an active (admitting) staff of six physicians. Four of the
physicians specialize in family practice and two are internists. The
consulting staff consists of 18 physicians in the specialties of
Diagnostic Radiology, Cardiology, ENT and
Pathology. The hospital also offers inpatient and outpatient
physical therapy.

Fulton County
Hospital
- Five
Family Medical
Clinics serve Salem with one clinic
in
Mammoth Spring in the north east section of Fulton County.
Salem
has four Pharmacies. Four agencies offer Home
Health Services. The community has
one Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
and one Assisted Living Facility.
- Fulton County
Hospital
operates a Paramedic
Ambulance Service and an Air Ambulance Service is
based in an
adjoining county.
Telecommunications
- Local
Telephone
Service is provided by CenturyLink and
can be
reached at 800-225-2594. CenturyLink also
provides High Speed Internet Service
and Dish
Network television service. Several companies provide long distance
service.
- Cellular Telephone
Service is
provided by several companies in the area.
Utilities
- Electricity is
provided by
North Arkansas Electric Cooperative, a member owned electric
cooperative. The
corporate headquarters are located in Salem.
Service crews are located in Salem
and in two adjoining counties to provide fast service for weather
related power
outages.
- TV Cable is
provided by
Salem Cablevision. Local
Access television is also available.
Media
- The Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette
provides Daily Newspaper Service to Salem. Areawide Media publishes a weekly
newspaper, The News.
- KSAR 92.5 FM
is a 50,000
watt station providing top country music, local news and events and
sports
coverage.
- K-Kountry 95 FM is located
at Mammoth Spring and serves the Salem area with
classic
hit country music, local news and event coverage.
Tourism
and Recreation
- Salem and Fulton County
are a sportsman's paradise. Lake Norfork
is less than 25
miles away, and it offers
water skiing, swimming, fishing, and boating
opportunities. The lake offers excellent striped bass fishing, with
some of
these monster fish weighing over 50 pounds! The lake is also good for
largemouth, smallmouth and Kentucky
bass fishing and the bays and backwaters are loaded with fast-biting
bream and
other panfish.
- Smallmouth
bass fishing and canoeing are tops in the nearby South Fork River
where you can
fish leisurely and enjoy the spectacular scenery. It's also not far to White River, nationally known for its
big rainbow and brown trout, or to Spring
River and
the Strawberry River. Both the Spring
and
Strawberry are good float streams, with the added bonus of rainbow
trout and
walleye in Spring River, and the smallmouth bass, crappie and
bream in
the Strawberry
River.
- Wildlife
abounds and the area is a popular Deer and Turkey Hunting
area. If you don't want
to hunt,
bring your camera for some great Wildlife
Photography.
- Salem City Park has
a walking trail, picnic pavilions,
children's play area, and a lake
that is stocked with fish for the anglers.
Education
- Salem Schools
have two
campuses---K-6 and 7-12 with 700 plus total enrollment. The school has
been
rated in the top ten schools in the state of Arkansas since 2005.
- Three
colleges are located in adjoining counties. Ozarka
College
is located at Melbourne in Izard County
with a satellite campus at Ash Flat on the Fulton/Sharp County line. Arkansas
State University at Mountain Home is in Baxter
County and Missouri State University
is located
at West Plains, Missouri.
Airport
- The
Salem Municipal
Airport
has an asphalt runway that is 3500 feet
long
and 50
feet wide with medium intensity lights.
- Major
commercial airports are located at Little Rock, Arkansas (147 miles),
Springfield/Branson, Missouri (140
miles), and Memphis, Tennessee
(165 miles).