Welcome to Silver Lake ...
Silver Lake is located in Perry County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.
A typical abbreviation for Silver Lake: Silver Lk.
Silver Lake is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Silver Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Silver Lake: 573 & 235<3>
Communities Also Named Silver Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Silver Lake - they are located in British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York (3), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington (4), West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Lake.
Communities near Silver Lake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silver Lake.
- Perryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Perryville is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,540 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perryville <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Perryville
- From Silver Lake to Perryville
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Randolph County (IL)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,145 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
- Fredericktown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericktown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericktown
- Fredericktown is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,005 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericktown <4>
- Saint Mary
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Mary have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Mary
- Saint Mary is located in Sainte Genevieve County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Mary <4>
- Junction City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- Junction City is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 314 people
- Oak Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Oak Ridge is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Ridge <4>
- Cobalt
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobalt
- Cobalt is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cobalt
- From Silver Lake to Cobalt
- Sedgewickville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedgewickville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewickville
- Sedgewickville is located in Bollinger County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Longtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Longtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longtown
- Longtown is located in Perry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Longtown
- From Silver Lake to Longtown
- Old Appleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Appleton
- Old Appleton is located in Cape Girardeau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Old Appleton
- From Silver Lake to Old Appleton
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 Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Lake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silver Lake. 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 Lake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Silver Lake.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver Lake ...
Looking for more information about Silver Lake? 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 Silver Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silver Lake.
Adding Silver Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Silver Lake 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 for Silver Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Silver Lake post office opened in 1869.
We also found Silver Lake in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Lake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silver Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Perry County: www.perryvillemo.com/
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Lake - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Silver Lake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Silver Lake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |