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Welcome to Silica ...

Silica is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silica, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Silica is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Silica lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Silica: 636

Communities Also Named Silica ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Silica - they are located in British Columbia, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Silica ...

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

  • Arnold
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Arnold is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,145 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <3>
  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia is located in Monroe County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,627 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <3>
  • Waterloo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Waterloo is located in Monroe County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,536 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterloo <3>
  • De Soto
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Pevely
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Pevely is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pevely
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,001 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pevely <3>
  • Fenton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fenton is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,027 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fenton <3>
  • Hillsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Byrnes Mill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Valmeyer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Olympian Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Olympian Village is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olympian Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 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 Silica. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silica.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silica ...

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

Adding Silica to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Silica post office opened in 1885. The Silica post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silica.

Footnotes ...

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