Welcome to Silver Beach ...
Silver Beach is located on Cape Cod.
Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.
A typical abbreviation for Silver Beach: Silver Bch.
Silver Beach is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Silver Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Silver Beach: 508 & 774<3>
The ZIP code for Silver Beach: 02565<4>
Communities Also Named Silver Beach ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Silver Beach - they are located in Alberta, Connecticut, Idaho, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (2), Virginia and Washington (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Beach.
Communities near Silver Beach ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silver Beach.
- New Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- Barnstable
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2010 Census: 45,193 people
- Barnstable has also been known as:
- Barnstable Village
- Barnstable Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
- Dartmouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 33,926 people
- Falmouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
- Wareham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wareham is located in Plymouth County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
- Sandwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
- Bourne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bourne is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
- Fairhaven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
- Mashpee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 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 Silver Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Beach.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silver Beach. 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 Silver Beach.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Silver Beach.
Adding Silver Beach to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Silver Beach 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 Silver Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Silver Beach post office opened in 1926. The Silver Beach post office closed in 1967.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Beach.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Barnstable, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Beach - 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 508 code has been Overlayed with the 774 area code. New phone numbers in the Silver Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 508 or 774. As a result, placing a call in the Silver Beach 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 Silver Beach). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Silver Beach or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS). |
| <5> | 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/ |