Do you know of Silver Creek ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Silver Creek. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Silver Creek.

Our sources for Silver Creek (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Silver Creek other than they indicate that Silver Creek would be found somewhere in Allegan County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1933.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Silver Creek ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Silver Creek.

There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Silver Creek.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 27 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Kalamazoo County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silver Creek [Kalamazoo County].
- Tuscola County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silver Creek [Tuscola County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Mobile County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Silver Creek [Mobile County].
- Arizona
  - Navajo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Silver Creek [Navajo County].
- Arkansas
  - Pulaski County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Silver Creek [Pulaski County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Silver Creek.
- California
  - Plumas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Silver Creek [Plumas County].
- Colorado
  - Clear Creek County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Silver Creek [Clear Creek County].
- Georgia
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Silver Creek [Floyd County].
- Illinois
  - Calhoun County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Silver Creek [Calhoun County].
- Iowa
  - Delaware County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Silver Creek [Delaware County].
- Kansas
  - Chase County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Silver Creek [Chase County].
- Kentucky
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Silver Creek [Madison County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Silver Creek.
- Minnesota
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Silver Creek [Lake County].
  - Wright County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Silver Creek [Wright County].
- Mississippi
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Silver Creek [Lawrence County].
- Missouri
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Silver Creek [Newton County].
- Nebraska
  - Merrick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Silver Creek [Merrick County].
- Nevada
  - Lander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Silver Creek [Lander County].
- New York
  - Chautauqua County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Silver Creek [Chautauqua County].
- Ohio
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Silver Creek [Greene County].
  - Hardin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Silver Creek [Hardin County].
  - Medina County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Silver Creek [Medina County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Silver Creek.
- Pennsylvania
  - Schuylkill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Silver Creek [Schuylkill County].
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Silver Creek.
- Tennessee
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Silver Creek [Marshall County].
- Texas
  - Burnet County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Silver Creek [Burnet County].
- Washington
  - Lewis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Creek [Lewis County].
- Wisconsin
  - Sheboygan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Silver Creek [Sheboygan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Silver Creek ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Silver Creek:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Silver Creek - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Silver Creek.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/73920 (Place Name: Silver Creek)

County: Allegan (FIPS State/County: 26/005)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Silver Creek) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Allegan County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allegan County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Silver Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/