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History · Salladasburg

Salladasburg dates to 1837, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Salladasburg began

When was Salladasburg founded?

1837

Salladasburg dates its founding to 1837 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1880.

First census: 312 in 18802020 census: 250189 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1857.The full story ↓

What stands out about Salladasburg’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Salladasburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 374 in 1890; 250 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19214 editions of the USGS map, 1921 to 1973. Watch Salladasburg change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1837: 189 years of Salladasburg.
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Salladasburg, census by census

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Peaked at 374 in 1890; 250 people lived here in 2020.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Salladasburg’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Salladasburg on the map, 1921 to 1973

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

Salladasburg on the 1921 USGS mapSalladasburg on the 1944 USGS mapSalladasburg on the 1965 USGS mapSalladasburg on the 1973 USGS map1921Trout Run 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 Salladasburg.

The story

How Salladasburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Salladasburg.

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Salladasburg was laid out by Jacob P. Sallada in 1837. He started the town with lots for homes and built a church for use by Lutherans and Presbyterians only. The population of Salladasburg was 374 as of the 1890 census and is now set at just 238 residents. Since 2013, the official princess of Salladasburg has been Kathleen Sallada. The borough had a number of stores and shops, one hotel, a gristmill, and tannery. There were two schools and three churches. Salladasburg was incorporated as a borough by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1884.

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From the old history books

What they wrote about Salladasburg, 1892–1929

Passages that mention Salladasburg, cut from the printed page as they were published.

work and he took the mill. In the spring of 1837 he moved his family there and began lumbering for himself. In the same year (1837) he cleared land, built a grist mill, houses, and shops, and started the settlement. A few years later he laid out the town of Salladasburg, and built the first church …
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1892 · page 605Read the page →
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work and he took the mill. In the spring of 1837 he moved his family there and began lumbering for himself. In the same year (1837) he cleared land, built a grist mill, houses, and shops, and started the settlement. A few years later he laid out the town of Salladasburg, and built the first church on a lot he had set apart for that purpose. It is now a borough and perpetuates his name. Captain Ballade was a generous, good natured man and had many friends. Physically he was a giant, standing over sis feet in height and weighing about 245 pounds.

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Since the opening of the railroad a hamlet of seven or eight houses has grown up at Larry's Creek, not counting the station, store, and postoffice and the steam grist mill of Joseph Gray. The trains of two railroads, the Fall Brook and Beech Creek, stop at the station, and a stage from Salladasburg…
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1892 · page 677Read the page →
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Since the opening of the railroad a hamlet of seven or eight houses has grown up at Larry's Creek, not counting the station, store, and postoffice and the steam grist mill of Joseph Gray. The trains of two railroads, the Fall Brook and Beech Creek, stop at the station, and a stage from Salladasburg meets certain trains. On the 20th of February, 1892, a postoffice was established in Level Corner, near the residence of Tucker Stone, on the Fall Brook railroad, and called Golden Rod.

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Salladasburg.—The town of Salladasburg, tucked away in the mountains of the Larry’s Creek section of Lycoming County, six miles from a railroad and off the line of tourist travel, has a very interesting history, somewhat unlike that of any other borough in the county.
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1929 · page 182Read the page →
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Salladasburg.—The town of Salladasburg, tucked away in the mountains of the Larry’s Creek section of Lycoming County, six miles from a railroad and off the line of tourist travel, has a very interesting history, somewhat unlike that of any other borough in the county.

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he contracted to build a saw mill for some Philadelphia parties on Larry’s Creek, and when they failed to pay him for his work he removed his family to that place and made it his home. He subsequently laid out the town of Salladasburg, where he con-
History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania1929 · page 238Read the page →
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he contracted to build a saw mill for some Philadelphia parties on Larry’s Creek, and when they failed to pay him for his work he removed his family to that place and made it his home. He subsequently laid out the town of Salladasburg, where he con-

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Salladasburg, 1837 to 1921

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837
    FoundingSalladasburg is established
  3. 1857Post officeThe Salladaysburgh post office opens
  4. 1874Post officeThe Salladaysburgh post office closes
  5. 1874Post officeThe Salladasburg post office opens
  6. 1890CensusPopulation peaks at 374
  7. 20th century
  8. 1921On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Salladasburg, decade by decade

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Cohick's Trading Post2010Cohick's Trading PostCohick's Trading Post, Salladasburg, PA - panoramio (1)2010Cohick's Trading Post, Salladasburg, PA - panoramio (…Sawmill in2007Sawmill inLarrys Creek PA 287 Bridge2007Larrys Creek PA 287 BridgeLarry's Creek Sign2007Larry's Creek SignLarrys Creek in2006Larrys Creek in
Famous people

Famous people close to Salladasburg

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

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Tom MarinoRepresentative for Pennsylvania's 10th congress… · b. 1952
George LuksAmerican artist · b. 1867
Mike MussinaAmerican baseball player · b. 1968
Alize JohnsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1996
Joseph W. GirardActor · b. 1871
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James GambleAmerican politician · b. 1809
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

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

Salladaysburgh
1857–1874
Salladasburg
1874–today
18501940today
1cemetery inside Salladasburg
Salladasburg

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

Questions about Salladasburg’s history

What year was Salladasburg founded?

In 1837, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Salladasburg’s post office opened in 1857, and the census of 1880 counted 312 people here.

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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 (6), 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.