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History · Salix

Salix’s post office opened in 1874, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Salix began

When was Salix founded?

1874

The Salix post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Linndale (1863), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

2020 census: 295152 years
Founding year: the first Salix post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Salix’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 Salix are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Salix’s homes were built before 1951.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salix’s history is told.

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The story

How Salix came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Salix.

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A post office called Salix has been in operation since 1874. The city was named from the grove willows (or salix) near the original town site.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Salix, 1863 to 1917

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1863Post officeThe Linndale post office opens
  3. 1864Post officeThe Linndale post office closes
  4. 1874Post officeThe Salix post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1917Born hereDon Black is born here
By decade

Salix, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Salix’s post office has been open since 1874. Another post office, Linndale, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Linndale
1863–1864
Salix
1874–today
18601940today
Gone or out of use
Linndale Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Salix
Saint Josephs

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

Questions about Salix’s history

What year was Salix founded?

The Salix post office opened in 1874, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.