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Welcome to Silver ...

Silver is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Silver is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Silver lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Silver: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Silver ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Silver - they are located in Kansas (2), Manitoba, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Silver ...

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

  • Glenwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Ida
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Pine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Amity
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Amity is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Norman
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Oden
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Oden is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oden <4>
  • Black Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Springs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Alamo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Alamo is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
  • Fir ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fir is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
  • Mazarn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mazarn is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazarn

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 Silver. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silver. 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 Silver.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver ...

Looking for more information about Silver? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Silver, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silver.

Adding Silver to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver 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 (so far) for Silver was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Silver post office opened in 1894. The Silver post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Silver area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Silver area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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