Census Data for Silica
Although we found mention of Silica during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Over time, we expect to discover additional information that will be added to our Gazetteer..
As far as we can tell, Silica has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Silica, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Raymond
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Raymond is located in Rice County
- Chase
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Ellinwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellinwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellinwood
- Ellinwood is located in Barton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellinwood <3>
- Alden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
- Alden is located in Rice County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alden <3>
- Bushton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Claflin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claflin
- Claflin is located in Barton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claflin <3>
- Lyons
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons
- Lyons is located in Rice County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lyons <3>
- Frederick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Great Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Bend
- Great Bend is located in Barton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Bend <3>
- Holyrood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holyrood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyrood
- Holyrood is located in Ellsworth County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holyrood <3>
- Lorraine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Sterling
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Sterling is located in Rice County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sterling <3>
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- Geneseo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneseo
- Geneseo is located in Rice County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneseo <3>
- Hoisington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoisington
- Hoisington is located in Barton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoisington <3>
- Hudson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Geneseo
Rice County ...
Silica is located in Rice County<4>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Rice County.
Miscellaneous Information for Silica ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Rice County or the community of Silica:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 20 (Kansas)
- County Code: 159 (Rice County)
- Place Code: 65475 (Silica)
- State & County Code: 20/159 (Kansas / Rice County)
- State & Place Code: 20/65475 (Kansas / Silica)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Silica is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Silica.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Rice County: www.ricecounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
The official website of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Silica and then turned east". While Silica could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Silica as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Silica could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Just in case there has been confusion between counties, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Silica: This one is located in Rice County and the other is located in Phillips County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silica. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Rice, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |