Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1900.
Saltillo dates its founding to 1849 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1900.
Saltillo was named in commemoration of Saltillo, Mexico, the location of a battle in the Mexican–American War.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Saltillo’s history is told.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyFrom Wikipedia’s history of Saltillo.
Saltillo was laid out and platted in 1849. It was named in commemoration of Saltillo, Mexico, the location of a battle in the Mexican–American War.
A post office was established at Saltillo in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Saltillo, cut from the printed page as they were published.
tains all about Monterey with fertile valleys between. General Worth had captured the city a short time previous and occupied the forts. They remained but one day at Walnut Springs, in the outskirts of the city, and then took up the line of march for Saltillo, about seventy miles distant. They were four days on this march and stopped at Camp Butler, seven miles from Saltillo, January i, 1847. There they recuperated and were put iji good fighting trim, and on January 12. they were ordered into Saltillo for garrison duty. There matters went along smoothly, e.xcept an occa-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Saltillo. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Saltillo.
Between 92 and 207 people in every census since 1900.
13 censuses, 1900–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Saltillo’s Wikipedia page.
Saltillo had its own post office from 1897 to 1957. Another post office, Saltilloville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1849, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Saltillo’s post office opened in 1854, and the census of 1900 counted 207 people here.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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