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History · Salado

Salado’s post office opened in 1884

Most of Salado was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1942 on.

1884first post office
0on the National Register
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How Salado began

When was Salado founded?

1884

The Salado post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Saladore (1842), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 472142 years
Founding year: the first Salado post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Salado’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Salado are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salado’s history is told.

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The story so far

Salado, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Salado yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Salado is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 472. The Goff Petroglyph Site is located here. The spur route of Arkansas Highway 14 connects Salado with Southside.

Its first post office opened in 1884.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Salado, 1842 to 1942

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1842Post officeThe Saladore post office opens
  3. 1843Post officeThe Saladore post office closes
  4. 1884Post officeThe Salado post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Salado on the map, 1942 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Salado. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Salado on the 1942 USGS mapSalado on the 1965 USGS mapSalado on the 1981 USGS map1942Salado sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Salado.

Famous people

Famous people close to Salado

Nobody well known was born in Salado itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Mary SteenburgenAmerican actress, singer and songwriter · b. 1953
Alice WaltonAmerican heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Sto… · b. 1949
Jim WaltonAmerican businessman · b. 1948
Austin ReavesAmerican basketball player · b. 1998
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Jim BarnesAmerican basketball player · b. 1941
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John T. WaltonAmerican war veteran; son of Walmart founder Sa… · b. 1946
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Salado’s post office has been open since 1884. Another post office, Saladore, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Saladore
1842–1843
Salado
1884–today
18401930today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

SouthsideIts storyD−

Questions about Salado’s history

What year was Salado founded?

The Salado post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.