Do you know of Silver Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Silver Lake. 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 Lake.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Silver Lake, so we are uncertain whether Silver Lake is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Silver Lake would be found somewhere in Kent County, Michigan.

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 Lake ...

We found 46 communities that share the name Silver Lake.

Within Michigan, the name Silver Lake is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 46 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 46 communities, 44 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Silver Lake.
- California
  - Amador 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 California community of Silver Lake [Amador County].
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Silver Lake [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
  - Huerfano 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 Colorado community of Silver Lake [Huerfano County].
- Florida
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Silver Lake [Lake County].
  - Orange 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 Florida community of Silver Lake [Orange County].
- Georgia
  - Glynn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Silver Lake [Glynn County].
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Silver Lake [Newton County].
- Illinois
  - Henderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Silver Lake [Henderson County].
  - McHenry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Silver Lake [McHenry County].
- Indiana
  - Kosciusko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Silver Lake [Kosciusko County].
- Iowa
  - Worth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Silver Lake [Worth County].
- Kansas
  - Shawnee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Silver Lake [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Silver Lake [Clark County].
- Massachusetts
  - Middlesex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Silver Lake [Middlesex County].
  - Plymouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Silver Lake [Plymouth County].
- Minnesota
  - McLeod County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Silver Lake [McLeod County].
- Mississippi
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Silver Lake [Washington County].
- Missouri
  - Perry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Silver Lake [Perry County].
- Montana
  - Deer Lodge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Silver Lake [Deer Lodge County].
- New Hampshire
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Silver Lake [Carroll County].
- New Jersey
  - Essex 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 New Jersey community of Silver Lake [Essex County].
  - Warren County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Silver Lake [Warren County].
- New York
  - Orange 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 New York community of Silver Lake [Orange County].
  - Otsego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Silver Lake [Otsego County].
  - Wyoming County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Silver Lake [Wyoming County].
- North Carolina
  - Madison 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 North Carolina community of Silver Lake [Madison County].
  - New Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Silver Lake [New Hanover County].
- Ohio
  - Logan 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 Ohio community of Silver Lake [Logan County].
  - Summit County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Silver Lake [Summit County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Silver Lake.
- Oregon
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Silver Lake [Lake County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Silver Lake [Bucks County].
  - Susquehanna County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Silver Lake [Susquehanna County].
  - York County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Silver Lake [York County].
- Rhode Island
  - Providence 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 Rhode Island community of Silver Lake [Providence County].
- South Carolina
  - Lexington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Silver Lake [Lexington County].
- Tennessee
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Silver Lake [Johnson County].
- Texas
  - Van Zandt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Silver Lake [Van Zandt County].
- Washington
  - Cowlitz County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Lake [Cowlitz County].
  - Snohomish 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 Washington community of Silver Lake [Snohomish County].
  - Spokane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Lake [Spokane County].
  - Whatcom County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Lake [Whatcom County].
- West Virginia
  - Preston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Silver Lake [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
  - Kenosha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Silver Lake [Kenosha County].
  - Waushara County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Silver Lake [Waushara County].

More Orphans in Kent 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 Kent County.

Austerlitz	Lockwood
Avenue Juncion	Logan
	Lorenzo
Ball Creek	Lowell Station
Ballards	Lyman
Bostwick
Bowen	Madison Square
Bowne	Malta
Brannin	McCords
Bristol	Mill Creek Junction
Burchs Mill	Mill Creek
Burton Heights	Muskegon Junction
Bushs
Byron	North Bryon
	North Cannon
Caledonia Station	North Grand Rapids
Camp Lake	North Park
Chapel	Northgate
Child's Mill	Norths Mill
Child's Mills	Northville
Cortland Centre
Cortland	O'Brien
Crosby	Oakdale Park
Cuba	Oakdale
	Oakfield Center
Dewey	Orlando Park
Dickson
	Pantlind
Eagle Mills	Park
Eardly	Paul
Eastern Heights	Plainfield Heights
Elkerton	Plaster Creek Junction
Elmdale	Plaster Creek
	Pleasant
Fernald	Pratt Lake
Fisher
Flat River	Reeds Lake
Fox Station	Reeds
Fox	Rogers Heights
Franklin	Rogers
Fuller
	Saddlebag Siding
Gaines	Saginaw Crossing
Glenwood Forest	Saxon
Godwin Heights	Seymour Square
Godwin	Seymour
Gooding	Solvay
Grant	South Grand Rapids
Grattan Center	South Rockford
Griswold	Southkent
	Spencer's Mill
Hammond	Stewarts
Hillcrest	Sunnyside
Hills and Dales
Hughart	Tolands
	Tyrone
Indian Creek
Indiana Junction	Ula
Ivanrest
	Velzy
Kelloggsville	Vergennes
Kellys
	Wentworth
Lafayette	West Carlisle
LaGrange	West Grand Rapids
Lamar	Westgate
Leonard Heights	Whitneys
Lincoln Lake	Wyoming Park

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lake 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.