Saltillo Texas Map

About Saltillo, Texas

Saltillo is a locality in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Saltillo is located at 33.1846°N, 95.3263°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 75478.

Saltillo rests in a landscape where the earth exhales a dusty, sun-baked breath, a place of wide-open skies and horizons that stretch with a kind of patient promise. It lies 16.2 miles east-northeast of Sulphur Springs, TX (from Sulphur Springs, TX: bearing 79°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west of Mount Vernon. The terrain here is a study in muted tones, a palette of pale greens from hardy, drought-resistant grasses and the weathered grays of scrub oak and mesquite. Limestone outcrops, ancient bones of the earth, punctuate the gently undulating plains, their surfaces smoothed by the relentless caress of wind and sun. In the distance, the land seems to shimmer, a mirage born of heat and light, and the air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a subtle perfume of dust and resilience. The history of Saltillo is a quiet whisper carried on the prairie breeze, a story woven from the threads of ranching and a deep, abiding connection to the land. Its economy, once tethered to the cattle herds that grazed these wide pastures, now finds sustenance in a more diverse, though still modest, agricultural output. This is a place where time moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, where the days are measured by the slow arc of the sun and the deepening colors of twilight that paint the western sky in strokes of rose and violet. The people of Saltillo carry a certain stoicism, a reflection of the land they inhabit, yet beneath that surface lies a warmth that is as genuine as the hard-won soil.

About This Saltillo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Saltillo, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 33.18456, -95.326336. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Saltillo and Hopkins County.

Detailed location data for Saltillo includes the ZIP code (75478), telephone area code (972, 469), county seat of Hopkins County (Sulphur Springs), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Saltillo is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.