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Welcome to Silverleaf ...

Silverleaf is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silverleaf, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Silverleaf is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Silverleaf: 660

Communities Also Named Silverleaf ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Silverleaf - it's located in North Dakota.

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

Communities near Silverleaf ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Trenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Gallatin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jamesport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadville is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Breckenridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Breckenridge is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breckenridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
  • Wheeling
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wheeling is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeling
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
  • Utica
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Utica is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Galt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Chula
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Chula is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silverleaf ...

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

Adding Silverleaf to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silverleaf in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Silverleaf was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Silverleaf post office opened in 1898. The Silverleaf post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silverleaf.

Footnotes ...

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