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Welcome to Silkworth ...

Silkworth is located in Luzerne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silkworth, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Silkworth is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Silkworth: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Silkworth ...

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

  • Wilkes-Barre
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Kingston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Nanticoke
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Berwick
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Forge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pittston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Plymouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Exeter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Swoyersville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Duryea
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silkworth ...

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

Adding Silkworth to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silkworth 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 Silkworth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Silkworth post office opened in 1884. The Silkworth post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silkworth.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Luzerne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silkworth - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Silkworth area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Silkworth 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>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/