Welcome to Siloam ...

So far, we found very little information about Siloam. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Siloam to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Siloam, please Contact Us.

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Siloam would have been located within present day Gallia County<2>.

The location of Siloam has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Siloam, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Siloam is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Siloam was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Siloam would have been located in the (740) area code.

Websites for Siloam ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

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

Communities Also Named Siloam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Siloam - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ontario (3), Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Siloam ...

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

• Point Pleasant
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
  • Point Pleasant is located in Mason County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Pleasant <5>
• Gallipolis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallipolis
  • Gallipolis is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,545 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallipolis <5>
• Oak Hill
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
  • Oak Hill is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Hill <5>
• South Webster
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Webster
  • South Webster is located in Scioto County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Webster <5>
• Rio Grande
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Grande
  • Rio Grande is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Grande <5>
• Crown City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crown City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
  • Crown City is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
• Henderson
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henderson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
  • Henderson is located in Mason County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Henderson <5>
• Vinton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
  • Vinton is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <5>
• Wilkesville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkesville
  • Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
• Cheshire
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
  • Cheshire is located in Gallia County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 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 Siloam. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Siloam.

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

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

Adding Siloam to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Siloam 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 for Siloam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Siloam post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Siloam.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gallia County: www.gallianet.net/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/