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Welcome to Salesville ...

Salesville is located in the Texas Panhandle.

Salesville is located in Palo Pinto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Salesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Salesville is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Salesville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Salesville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Salesville - they are located in Arkansas, Montana and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Salesville.

Communities near Salesville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Salesville.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Salesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Salesville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Salesville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Salesville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Salesville. See our Newspapers Page for Salesville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Salesville ...

Looking for more information about Salesville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Salesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Salesville.

Adding Salesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Salesville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Salesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Salesville post office opened in 1879. The Salesville post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Salesville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Palo Pinto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Salesville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/