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Welcome to Silver Creek ...

Silver Creek is located in Navajo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

A typical abbreviation for Silver Creek: Silver Crk. (or less commonly used: Silver Ck. or Silver Cr.)

Silver Creek is 6,090 feet [1,856 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Silver Creek is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Silver Creek lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Silver Creek: 928

Communities Also Named Silver Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Silver Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Silver Creek ...

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

  • Show Low
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Snowflake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinetop - Lakeside
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Taylor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Linden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Linden is located in Navajo County
  • Lakeside
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Lakeside is located in Navajo County
  • Pinetop
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinetop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
    • Pinetop is located in Navajo County
  • Vernon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pinedale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Clay Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver Creek ...

Looking for more information about Silver Creek? 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 Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silver Creek.

Adding Silver Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Silver Creek post office opened in 1905.

We also found Silver Creek on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Navajo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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