Editing Vinton, Texas (section)

==History==

Native Americans inhabited the site of Vinton before the arrival of the Spaniards, who made it a stopping place along the Camino Real, the road from [[El Paso]] to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]], which passed along the east bank of the [[Rio Grande]] through what is now Vinton. In Spanish and Mexican colonial times, it was known as La Salinera, from the salt cedars which grew there in abundance; when the area passed to the United States after the US-Mexican War, this water stop became known as Cottonwood, and was located in the northern part of Vinton along the river, 22 miles from El Paso.  In 1857, it was used by the [[San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line]] and from 1858 to 1861 by the [[Butterfield Overland Mail]], that had a stage station called Cottonwood Station, located 22 miles from El Paso and 25 miles from [[Fort Fillmore]] up river in [[New Mexico]].<ref>[http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/m1/147/  Table of distances from Texas Almanac, 1859], Book, ca. 1859; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123765/ accessed November 12, 2013), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association, Denton, Texas</ref><ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1858/10/14/78877651.pdf  List of Stations from New York Times, October 14 1858, Itinerary of the Route]</ref><ref name="vintontx.govoffice2.com">{{cite web |publisher=Texas Department of Agriculture Planning and Capacity Building Fund |date=July 2012 |title=VILLAGE OF VINTON, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS BASE MAP |url=http://www.vintontx.govoffice2.com/vertical/sites/%7B9571B011-F39E-4B6F-A49E-0B16AB6056A3%7D/uploads/9-13-12_Final_Rpt.pdf |access-date=August 1, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050021/http://www.vintontx.govoffice2.com/vertical/sites/%7B9571B011-F39E-4B6F-A49E-0B16AB6056A3%7D/uploads/9-13-12_Final_Rpt.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Vinton was named for Southern Pacific Railroad surveyor John C. Vinton, who laid the cross-country route for the railroad through the area in 1881, and was most likely established around that time. A post office was opened there in 1892, and the town grew slowly in the next 100 years,  reaching 605 in 1990, then tripling in population in the following decade to 1892 in the 2000 census. The incorporation of Vinton as Village of Industry on August 8, 1961 <ref>{{Cite web |title=Village of Vinton, Texas – Basic Financial Statements For the Year Ended September 30, 2008 and Independent Auditors' Report |url=http://www.vintontx.govoffice2.com/vertical/sites/%7B9571B011-F39E-4B6F-A49E-0B16AB6056A3%7D/uploads/2008_Audit_Final.pdf |access-date=August 1, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808050338/http://www.vintontx.govoffice2.com/vertical/sites/%7B9571B011-F39E-4B6F-A49E-0B16AB6056A3%7D/uploads/2008_Audit_Final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> originated with Border Steel Corporation, which opened a mill in town that year; now owned by Arcelor Mittal, it is still in operation.<ref name="vintontx.govoffice2.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnv17|title = TSHA &#124; Vinton, TX}}</ref>