Editing Saltillo, Pennsylvania

{{short description|Borough in Pennsylvania, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Saltillo, Pennsylvania
|settlement_type = Borough
|image_skyline = Hudson Grist Mill west side.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = The [[Hudson Grist Mill]]
|image_flag = 
|flag_size = 
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|pushpin_label = Saltillo
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|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Pennsylvania]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Pennsylvania|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]]
|government_footnotes = 
|government_type = Borough Council
|leader_title = Mayor
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|established_title = Settled
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|established_title1 = Incorporated
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|unit_pref  = [[Imperial units|Imperial]]
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|area_total_km2 = 0.65
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|area_land_sq_mi = 0.25
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|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|population_note = 
|population_total = 309
|population_density_km2 = 473.56
|population_density_sq_mi = 1226.19
|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft = 824
|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 17253
|area_code = [[Area code 814|814]]
|website = 
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 42-67632
|blank1_name  = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS feature ID]]
|blank1_info  = 1215278<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1215278}}</ref>
|footnotes = '''Local phone exchanges:''' 447, 448
}}

'''Saltillo''' is a [[borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States. The population was 346 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4267632| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Saltillo borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 22, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213105904/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4267632| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==

Saltillo was named after the Mexican War [[Battle of Saltillo]] (23 October 1840). It was a major [[tanning (leather)|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.

Saltillo was an important place on the EBT, acting as a base station for the long grade up to Broad Top Mountain. The EBT had a three-track yard, a station, a water tank and a turning [[wye (rail)|wye]] located here. Just after the turn of the 20th century a large [[ganister]] quarry was established above Saltillo on [[Jacks Mountain]] by Mount Union Refractories (later United States Refractories and North American Refractories) to supply their plant in [[Mount Union, Pennsylvania|Mount Union]]. In 1942 a spur was built from the EBT yard in Saltillo, which climbed the mountain to a [[tipple]] below the quarry. The branch was the steepest track on the EBT and remained in service until the line closed in 1956. The quarry continued to operate into the 1970s, served by trucks. The EBT tracks in Saltillo are still in place. The water tank was burned by vandals in the late 1980s and the station was demolished in the mid-2000s after being allowed to deteriorate to deplorable condition.

Around 1935 the skeleton of a [[mastodon]] was discovered behind the ball field in Saltillo by two young men digging a drainage ditch. They excavated several bones, teeth and both tusks. They gave them to C.R. Cornelius the landowner, who later donated them to [[Penn State University]] where they can be seen today. In the 1990s Penn State reopened the dig and found even more bones that were missed during the first excavation.

The [[Hudson Grist Mill]] at the southwest edge of town was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1990.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Saltillo is located in southern Huntingdon County. It sits in the valley of North Spring Branch at the western foot of [[Jacks Mountain]], near the mountain's southern end. Pennsylvania Routes [[Pennsylvania Route 655|655]] and [[Pennsylvania Route 829|829]] run through the borough as Main Street. PA 655 leads south {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Hustontown, Pennsylvania|Hustontown]], while PA 829 leads southeast {{convert|1.7|mi}} to [[Three Springs, Pennsylvania|Three Springs]]. The two highways together lead north {{convert|2|mi|0}} to where they split in [[Knightsville, Pennsylvania|Knightsville]]. [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania|Huntingdon]], the [[county seat]], is {{convert|22|mi}} north via PA 655 and [[U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 22]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|0.65|km2|order=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 227
|1890= 254
|1900= 377
|1910= 410
|1920= 418
|1930= 386
|1940= 433
|1950= 435
|1960= 395
|1970= 341
|1980= 373
|1990= 347
|2000= 343
|2010= 346
|2020= 309
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 343 people, 135 households, and 100 families residing in the borough. The population density was {{convert|1,112.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 152 housing units at an average density of {{convert|493.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the borough was 99.13% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.58% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], and 0.29% from two or more races.

There were 135 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 22.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 101.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.3 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $32,917, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $16,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the borough was $14,333. About 5.4% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.
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[[Category:Boroughs in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania]]