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Mexico is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Walker Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 472 at the time of the 2010 census.
Its first post office opened in 1815. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 472 to 398 (-16%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Mexico in 1830
Passages that mention Mexico, cut from the printed page as they were published.
individuals may consider themselves as whites (que se tengnn por hluncos):\ Of all the European colonies under the torrid zone, Mexico is the country in which there are the fewest negroes. u One may go through the whole city of Mexico,” says Humboldt, “ without seeing a single black. In this point of view, Mexico presents a striking contrast to the Havannah, Lima, and the
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it was probably a temple or some other building : report says, a statue covered with gold. We rested some time on the summit, enjoying one of the finest pros¬ pects imaginable, in which the city of Mexico is in¬ cluded. Here I found fragments of small statues and earthenware, and, what surprised me more, oystershells, the first that I had seen in Mexico: they are a new species, and I have brought specimens home. In
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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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 →
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