Welcome to Silver Creek ...

Silver Creek is located in Navajo County<1>.

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

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.<3> In other words, the altitude 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

Silver Creek is within the (928) area code.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Show Low
  • Show Low is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,578 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Show Low <4>
• Snowflake
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowflake
  • Snowflake is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,114 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowflake <4>
• Pinetop - Lakeside
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop - Lakeside
  • Pinetop - Lakeside is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,516 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinetop - Lakeside <4>
• Taylor
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Navajo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,363 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
• 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.<2> 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
  • Vernon is located in Apache County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vernon <4>
• Pinedale
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinedale
  • Pinedale is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinedale <4>
• Clay Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Springs
  • Clay Springs is located in Navajo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clay Springs <4>

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Navajo County: www.co.navajo.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/