Welcome to Silverton ...

Silverton is located in Ocean County<1>.

The location of Silverton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silverton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1870.

Silverton is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Silverton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Silverton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.oc-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Silverton, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Silverton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Silverton - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (2), Manitoba, Missouri, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silverton.

Communities near Silverton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silverton.

• Asbury Park
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Park
  • Asbury Park is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,377 people
• Neptune City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune City
  • Neptune City is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,594 people
• Loch Arbour
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loch Arbour have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
  • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
• Arrowhead Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Village
  • Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County
• Dover Beaches North
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches North have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
  • Dover Beaches North is located in Ocean County
• Normandy Beach
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Beach
  • Normandy Beach is located in Ocean County
• Dover Beaches South
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover Beaches South have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches South
  • Dover Beaches South is located in Ocean County
• Glen Cedar City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glen Cedar City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
  • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
• Silver Ridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
  • Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
• Toms River
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
  • Toms River is located in Ocean County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Silverton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silverton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silverton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silverton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silverton. See our Newspapers Page for Silverton.

Adding Silverton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silverton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Silverton was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

We also found Silverton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silverton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silverton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/