Salemtowne is located on the west side of the Willamette River,
less than three miles from the center of Salem, capital city of Oregon.
Salemtowne has all Salem city services, including bus service. In the business area of West Salem, only a few minutes drive from Salemtowne, there are basic services such as gas stations, beauty and barber shops, banks and financial institutions, a post office, a public library, a fire and ambulance station, grocery stores, restaurants, and several parks. The city of Salem offers all the amenities that most small cities offer including medical facilities, a hospital, a university and a community college, shopping malls, large retail stores, wide range of restaurants, parks, State fair grounds, baseball stadium, hotels/motels, campgrounds, lodging, art museums and movie theaters. All of this is available while enjoying the rural beauty of the Willamette Valley.
Oregon's spectacular coast or beautiful mountains can easily be reached in two hours, and Portland is just one hour away.
A covenant-controlled adult community, Salemtowne offers a private executive golf course, swimming pool, activity rooms and many more amenities.
The community was established in 1967 and contains over 460 individually-owned homes and condominiums.
Salemtowne was developed on the site of an historic orchard, owned by the Wallace family and their original farmhouse has been incorporated into the main activity complex.
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Entrance and Fountain
Salemtowne Golf Course
Salem's Capitol Mall in Springtime
Photo by by Gary Halvorson,
Oregon State Archives
