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We would like to provide the residents of  Holtville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Holtville Home page. The Holtville Home page provides as much information as possible on Holtville. Knowing Holtville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Holtville’s Home page, you will also find Holtville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Holtville has a population of 6129. 47.7% of Holtville’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.3 are female. 41.8% of Holtville is married and 53.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $224,789, and the average rent is $599. Household median income in Holtville is $43,765, and the individual median income is $19,790. Holtville’s Ethnic is the following: Hispanic(85%), White(57.8%), Other(30.2%), Multiple(11.3%), Asian(0.7%).


The city was founded in the 1880s by Swiss-German settlers, many of whom entered from Mexico. The construction of railroads in the 1890s, the All-American Canal in the late 1940s, and U.S. Route 80 in the 1920s (later converted to Interstate 8 in the 1970s) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) economic boom in the 1990s brought more people to Holtville and the Imperial Valley. The city of Holtville, which was originally called Holton, was founded in 1903 by W.F.


Holt, and incorporated on June 20, 1908. The name was changed to Holtville due to a request by the U. S. Postal Service because the name Holton sounded too much like Colton (in San Bernardino County), the regional headquarters of the Southern Pacific Railroad at the time. The name honors W.F. Holt, founder of the community.The city lies on the northeast bank of the Alamo River, one of two rivers that flow north from Mexico into Imperial County. On March 2, 2021, 13 people were killed just outside of town when an SUV carrying 25 people collided with a semi-truck and trailer.


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