Welcome to Silas ...

So far, we found very little information about Silas. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Silas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Silas, please Contact Us.

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Silas would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.

The location of Silas has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silas, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Silas is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Silas was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Silas still existed, it would have been in the (478) area code.

Websites for Silas ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.washingtoncounty-ga.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Silas, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Silas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Silas - they are located in Alabama, Indiana and Texas.

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

Communities near Silas ...

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

• Wrightsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
  • Wrightsville is located in Johnson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,606 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wrightsville <5>
• Tennille
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennille
  • Tennille is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,211 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tennille <5>
• Davisboro
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisboro
  • Davisboro is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Davisboro <5>
• Zebulon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
  • Zebulon is located in Hancock County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 1,228 people
• Gibson
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Gibson is located in Glascock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibson <5>
• Harrison
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
  • Harrison is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <5>
• Stapletons Crossroads
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stapletons Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapletons Crossroads
  • Stapletons Crossroads is located in Jefferson County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 393 people
• Warthen
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warthen
  • Warthen is located in Washington County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warthen <5>
• Oconee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oconee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oconee
  • Oconee is located in Washington County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 240 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oconee <5>
• Gardner
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
  • Gardner is located in Washington County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 201 people

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

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

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

Adding Silas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silas in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Silas was on a map titled Map of Georgia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silas.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/