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History · Salix

Salix’s post office opened in 1888, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1904 on.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Salix began

When was Salix founded?

1888

The Salix post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,043138 years
Founding year: the first Salix post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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.On the map since 19045 editions of the USGS map, 1904 to 1993. Watch Salix change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Salix’s history is told.

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On the map

Salix on the map, 1904 to 1993

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

Salix on the 1904 USGS mapSalix on the 1964 USGS mapSalix on the 1972 USGS mapSalix on the 1981 USGS mapSalix on the 1993 USGS map1904Johnstown sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Salix, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,149 to 1,043 (-9%).

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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Stories next door

History across the town line

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

SidmanIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Salix’s history

What year was Salix founded?

The Salix post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.