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.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Silver Creek, so we are uncertain whether Silver Creek 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 Creek would be found somewhere in Mobile County, Alabama.

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.

Within Alabama, the name Silver Creek is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 27 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- 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.
- Michigan
  - Allegan 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 [Allegan County].
  - Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Silver Creek [Kalamazoo County].
  - Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Silver Creek [Tuscola County].
- 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].

More Orphans in Mobile 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 Mobile County.

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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.