The first mention of the village is from 1248, when it is mentioned as "Salgo". In 1350, Mikuláš, the son of Pavel Čorba from Šalgočka, is mentioned as a landowner. In the 16th century, the village was owned by Michal Šalgay. The village belonged to several peasant families, the families of Davidov, Dezasseov, Šándorov, Appel and Desewffy are well known. The David family, originally from Turc, built a church and a baroque mansion in the village. In 1772, Empress Maria Theresa promoted Charles David and his son Anton to baronism. The David family also had a manor in Sasinkov and property in Malý and Veľký Báb. In the 19th century, Count Anton Dezasse and son (1825), Count Rudolf Šándor of Slavnice (1837) and Jozef, Karol and Gustáv Appelovci (1857) are mentioned as landowners. The most famous of the Apples was Gustav (* 1804, +1903). This leading agricultural expert made Šalgočka famous for breeding noble Arabian thoroughbred horses, Bernese bovine breeds, as well as breeding Merino sheep. According to the census from 1869, he bred 32 horses and 400 bred sheep here. He founded a dairy farm at Majer Hetméň near Šala, in Poľný Kesov and Šalgočka, which were among the first of its kind in Slovakia. He was the administrator of the team against the floods in Váh and the chairman of the savings bank in Sered.