New Salem is a city in Morton County, North Dakota, United States.

New Salem is a mayor-council style of government, which one mayor and six council members.

The town also has a parks board, planning and zoning committee, and building inspector.

[6] On June 3, 2024, New Salem’s sitting mayor, Lynette Fitterer, passed away of natural causes.

The racial makeup of the city was 97.23% White, 1.71% Native American, and 1.07% from two or more races.

New Salem began in April 1882 when John Christiansen hopped off a westbound freight train.

Soon after his arrival a Colonization Bureau out of Chicago sent settlers to the area and gave the colony its independence for $600.

A church, land office, lumber yard, drugstore, and general store were soon built, and by the end of 1883, the town was ready for Great Plains living.