 Chinatown yaive nharaunda yakatenderedzwa neNortheast Ferry, Liberty, State uye High migwagwa, muSalem, Oregon, umo kwaigara huwandu hukuru hwevagari veChinese mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi19 nekutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20. Vanhu vokuChina vakatanga kuuya kuSalem vachibva kuminda yegoridhe yeCalifornia, vakava vazhinji muma1870, vachigara muzvikomba zvakasiiwa navagari vachena. Muma1890, kufanana nedzimwe nzvimbo dzeChinatown dziri kuWest Coast, nzvimbo yacho yaifungidzirwa nevasiri veAsia kuti ndiyo yaiva tsime rezvirwere zvepabonde. Munenge muna 1905 dare reguta rakarayira kuti rimwe divi reChinatown riri paLiberty Street pakati peCourt neState Streets, nezvimwe zvivako, zviparadzwe nokuda kwezvinetso zvoutano namapurisa. Rimwe pepanhau rakati kuguma kweChinatown kwakauya muna 1903. Pakazosvika 1920, kwakanga kwava nevagari vechiChinese 72 munharaunda yacho, vachidzika kubva pakakwirira ka 367 muna 1890. 