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History · Saltillo

Saltillo’s post office opened in 1871, and 38% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Hudson Grist Mill.

1871first post office
1on the National Register
38%homes built before 1940
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How Saltillo began

When was Saltillo founded?

1871

The Saltillo post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 309155 years
Founding year: the first Saltillo post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Saltillo’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 Saltillo are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Saltillo’s homes were built before 1957.
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The story

How Saltillo came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Saltillo.

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Saltillo was named after the Mexican War Battle of Saltillo (23 October 1840). It was a major tanning center during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Leas and McVitty Tannery was located here, known for quality hides. The main line of the East Broad Top Railroad (EBT) was built through Saltillo in 1874. The railroad served the tannery as well as a short-lived iron mine and an equally short-lived limestone quarry, both just southeast of town.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Saltillo, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Oak Street wb in Saltillo, PA, Aug. 20242024Oak Street wb in Saltillo, PA, Aug. 2024Oak Street wb at PA 655, Saltillo, Aug. 20242024Oak Street wb at PA 655, Saltillo, Aug. 2024Hudson Street wb entering Saltillo, PA, Aug. 20242024Hudson Street wb entering Saltillo, PA, Aug. 2024First Baptist Church of Saltillo, PA, Aug. 20242024First Baptist Church of Saltillo, PA, Aug. 2024Hudson Grist Mill west side2014Hudson Grist Mill west side
On the National Register

1 historic place in Saltillo

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Hudson Grist Mill
Hudson Grist Mill
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Grist Mill1
Hudson Grist MillGrist Mill

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Saltillo’s history

What year was Saltillo founded?

The Saltillo post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Saltillo?

One place: the Hudson Grist Mill (listed 1990).

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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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.