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Welcome to Silverwood ...

Silverwood is located in Fountain County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silverwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

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

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

Note: If you travel west from Silverwood (for example, toward Georgetown (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Silverwood: 765

Communities Also Named Silverwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Silverwood - they are located in Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, New Brunswick and Virginia.

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

Communities near Silverwood ...

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

  • Danville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Danville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <3>
  • Georgetown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Westville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Westville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,913 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westville <3>
  • Tilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Tilton is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tilton <3>
  • Covington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rockville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Veedersburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Catlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Catlin is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catlin <3>
  • Fairview Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Fairview Park is located in Vermillion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,298 people
  • Chrisman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silverwood ...

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

Adding Silverwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silverwood 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 Silverwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Silverwood post office opened in 1891. The Silverwood post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silverwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Fountain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silverwood - 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>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/