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Welcome to Silverton ...

Silverton is located in Ocean County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silverton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

Silverton is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Silverton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Silverton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Silverton - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (2), Manitoba, Missouri, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Silverton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.oc-chamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Silverton, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Silverton ...

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

  • Asbury Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Neptune City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Loch Arbour
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Loch Arbour is located in Monmouth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Arbour
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Arrowhead Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Arrowhead Village is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Village
  • Dover Beaches North
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Dover Beaches North is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches North
  • Normandy Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Dover Beaches South
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dover Beaches South is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Beaches South
  • Glen Cedar City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
  • Silver Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
  • Toms River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Silverton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silverton 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 Silverton was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silverton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Jersey's counties, including Ocean, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silverton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.