Do you know of Silver Lane ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Silver Lane. 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 Lane.<1>

Our sources for Silver Lane (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Silver Lane other than they indicate that Silver Lane would be found somewhere in Hartford County, Connecticut.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1930.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Silver Lane ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Silver Lane:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Silver Lane - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Connecticut (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Silver Lane.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 09/68760   (Place Name: Silver Lane)

County: Hartford     (FIPS State/County: 09/003)

Class: B

More Orphans in  Hartford County ...

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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 Hartford County.