Do you know of Silver Brook ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Silver Brook. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Silver Brook.

Our sources for Silver Brook (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Silver Brook other than they indicate that Silver Brook would be found somewhere in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1865 and closed  in 1906.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Silver Brook ...

We found two communities that share the name Silver Brook.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Silver Brook is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Delaware
    • New Castle County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Silver Brook [New Castle County].
  • Washington
    • Lewis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Brook [Lewis County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Silver Brook ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Silver Brook:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Silver Brook - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Silver Brook.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/70720   (Place Name: Silver Brook (Silverbrook))

County: Schuylkill     (FIPS State/County: 42/107)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Silver Brook) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Schuylkill County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Schuylkill County.