Welcome to Salona ...
Salona is located Salona is located in Montague County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Salona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. Salona is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Salona lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Salona is within the (940) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Salona - they are located in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Salona. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Salona. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Salona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Salona. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Salona. 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 Salona. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Salona. See our Newspapers Page for Salona. Looking for more information about Salona? 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 Salona, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Salona. We originally found mention of Salona 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 for Salona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Salona in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Salona.
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TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Salona ...
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From that list, the Salona post office opened in 1889.Off-the-Road Links ...
Footnotes ...
<1> If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Montague, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. <2> The elevation is an estimate for the area around Salona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. <3> The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. <4> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. <5> A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/