City profile · Town
Salem, Virginia
Verified Oct 12, 2026Who leads Salem, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Renée Turk
- Role
- Mayor
- Population
- 24,747
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 12, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 12, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcesalemva.gov/593/Mayor-Rene-Turk ↗
- Official leadership pagesalemva.gov/593/Mayor-Rene-Turk ↗
- City websitesalemva.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Renée Turk CurrentMayor · added Aug 1, 2026 · verified Oct 12, 2026
- Chris Hoy FormerMayor (Ceremonial) · added May 4, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 24,747
- Median household income
- $68,402
- Median age
- 40.8
- Land area
- 14.52 sq mi
- Population density
- 1,704.3 per sq mi
- County
- Spotsylvania County
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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