New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 3.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 42.7%
• Depression: 31.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Poverty Rate: 19.9% (12.1–27.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• Yellow Springs Church — 1.7 mi away in Sneedville, TN
• Hoop Creek Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Little Valley Missionary Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Riley Memorial Missionary Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Cedar Flat Church — 2.6 mi away
• Howard Quarter Church — 3 mi away
• Liberty Church — 3 mi away
• Cedar Grove Church — 3.7 mi away
• Seal Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away
• Little Mulberry Church — 4.2 mi away