Saltese, Montana
History
"Saltese is an old gold and silver mining town that took its name from a Nez Perce leader, Chief Saltese." "The town was first known as Silver City but was renamed in 1891." The post office opened in 1892.
In December 1912, David D. Bogart, the sixth mayor of Missoula, Montana, was killed in an avalanche in Saltese while prospecting for gold.
In 1996, a longtime establishment, the Old Montana Bar and Grille, was destroyed in a fire.
Geography
Saltese is in northwestern Mineral County at an elevation of 3,370 feet (1,030 m) in the narrow valley of the St. Regis River, where it is joined by Packer Creek from the north and by Silver Creek from the south. The St. Regis is a southeast-flowing tributary of the Clark Fork River. Interstate 90 passes through the community, leading southeast 36 miles (58 km) to Superior, the Mineral county seat, and northwest over Lookout Pass 16 miles (26 km) to Mullan, Idaho.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Saltese CDP has an area of 0.33 square miles (0.85 km), all of it recorded as land.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 10 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census |
References
- ^ "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Montana". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saltese, Montana
- ^ "P1. Race – Saltese CDP, Montana: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ "Saltese Montana Travel Information". TravelMT.com. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Saltese". Montana, Official State Travel Site. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Saltese". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ "Missoula Mayors Interred at the Missoula Cemetery". City of Missoula. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ^ Rauve, Bekka (January 20, 1996). "Historic bar reduced to ashes, memories". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B1.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.