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Welcome to Silverville ...

Silverville is located in Lawrence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silverville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Silverville is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Silverville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Silverville (for example, toward Santa Claus), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Silverville: 812 & 930<3>

The ZIP code for Silverville: 47470<4>

Communities Also Named Silverville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Silverville - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Silverville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silverville ...

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

Adding Silverville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silverville 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 Silverville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Silverville post office opened in 1851. The Silverville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silverville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silverville - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Silverville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Silverville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Silverville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Silverville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/