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Communities Also Named Silver Creek ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Silver Creek.

There is one other community in Ontario which is also named Silver Creek.

Beyond Ontario, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 31 communities, four are located in Canada and 28 are in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Ontario ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Silver Creek #1
      • This Silver Creek lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Silver Creek [Mobile County].
    • Arizona
      • Navajo County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Navajo County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Silver Creek.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Pulaski County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Silver Creek.
    • British Columbia
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Silver Creek [Plumas County].
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Silver Creek [Clear Creek County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Floyd County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Floyd County community of Silver Creek.
    • Illinois
      • Calhoun County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Silver Creek [Calhoun County].
    • Iowa
      • Delaware County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Silver Creek [Delaware County].
    • Kansas
      • Chase County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Silver Creek [Chase County].
    • Kentucky
      • Madison County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Madison County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the south southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Silver Creek.
    • Manitoba
      • We haven't found the location of this community yet.
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silver Creek [Allegan County].
      • Kalamazoo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silver Creek [Kalamazoo County].
      • Tuscola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silver Creek [Tuscola County].
    • Minnesota
      • Lake County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Lake County and lies 608 miles [978.5 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Silver Creek.
      • Wright County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Wright County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Silver Creek.
    • Mississippi
      • Lawrence County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Lawrence County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Silver Creek.
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Newton County and lies 894 miles [1,438.8 km]<1> to the west southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Silver Creek.
    • Nebraska
      • Merrick County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Merrick County and lies 916 miles [1,474.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Merrick County community of Silver Creek.
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Lander County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lander County community of Silver Creek.
    • New York
      • Chautauqua County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Chautauqua County and lies 95 miles [152.9 km]<1> to the south southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Silver Creek.
    • Ohio
      • Greene County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Greene County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Silver Creek.
      • Hardin County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Hardin County and lies 294 miles [473.1 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Silver Creek.
      • Medina County
      • This community is historic and although located in Medina County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Medina County community of Silver Creek.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Schuylkill County and lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Silver Creek.
    • Quebec
      • This Silver Creek lies 257 miles [413.6 km]<1> to the east northeast.
    • Tennessee
      • Marshall County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Marshall County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Silver Creek.
    • Texas
      • Burnet County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Silver Creek [Burnet County].
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Lewis County and lies 2,059 miles [3,313.6 km]<1> to the west northwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Silver Creek.
    • Wisconsin
      • Sheboygan County
      • This Silver Creek is located in Sheboygan County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the west.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sheboygan County community of Silver Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver Creek ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Brimstone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone
  • Cataract
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataract
  • Ferndale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
  • Forks of the Credit
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forks of the Credit came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of the Credit
  • Mono Road
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mono Road came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Road
  • Rockside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockside
  • Sandhill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandhill came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandhill
  • Star
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star

How Far From Silver Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Silver Creek to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Silver Creek and extending to:

  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Silver Creek to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,802 miles [9,337.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silver Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8181, Longitude: -79.9253    
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Silver Creek could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Silver Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Silver Creek to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.32 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.823 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.089 degrees.




 

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