Do you know of Silver Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Silver Lake. 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 Lake.

Our sources for Silver Lake (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 Lake other than they indicate that Silver Lake would be found somewhere in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1810 and closed in 1916.

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 Lake ...

We found 46 communities that share the name Silver Lake.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Silver Lake.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 44 communities, 44 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Bucks County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Silver Lake [Bucks County].
- York County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Silver Lake [York County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Silver Lake.
- California
  - Amador County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Silver Lake [Amador County].
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Silver Lake [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
  - Huerfano County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Silver Lake [Huerfano County].
- Florida
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Silver Lake [Lake County].
  - Orange County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Silver Lake [Orange County].
- Georgia
  - Glynn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Silver Lake [Glynn County].
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Silver Lake [Newton County].
- Illinois
  - Henderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Silver Lake [Henderson County].
  - McHenry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Silver Lake [McHenry County].
- Indiana
  - Kosciusko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Silver Lake [Kosciusko County].
- Iowa
  - Worth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Silver Lake [Worth County].
- Kansas
  - Shawnee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Silver Lake [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Silver Lake [Clark County].
- Massachusetts
  - Middlesex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Silver Lake [Middlesex County].
  - Plymouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Silver Lake [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
  - Kent County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Silver Lake [Kent County].
- Minnesota
  - McLeod County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Silver Lake [McLeod County].
- Mississippi
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Silver Lake [Washington County].
- Missouri
  - Perry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Silver Lake [Perry County].
- Montana
  - Deer Lodge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Silver Lake [Deer Lodge County].
- New Hampshire
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Silver Lake [Carroll County].
- New Jersey
  - Essex County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Silver Lake [Essex County].
  - Warren 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 New Jersey community of Silver Lake [Warren County].
- New York
  - Orange County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Silver Lake [Orange County].
  - Otsego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Silver Lake [Otsego County].
  - Wyoming County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Silver Lake [Wyoming County].
- North Carolina
  - Madison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Silver Lake [Madison County].
  - New Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Silver Lake [New Hanover County].
- Ohio
  - Logan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Silver Lake [Logan County].
  - Summit County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Silver Lake [Summit County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Silver Lake.
- Oregon
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Silver Lake [Lake County].
- Rhode Island
  - Providence County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Silver Lake [Providence County].
- South Carolina
  - Lexington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Silver Lake [Lexington County].
- Tennessee
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Silver Lake [Johnson County].
- Texas
  - Van Zandt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Silver Lake [Van Zandt County].
- Washington
  - Cowlitz County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Lake [Cowlitz County].
  - Snohomish County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Lake [Snohomish County].
  - Spokane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Silver Lake [Spokane County].
  - Whatcom 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 Washington community of Silver Lake [Whatcom County].
- West Virginia
  - Preston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Silver Lake [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
  - Kenosha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Silver Lake [Kenosha County].
  - Waushara County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Silver Lake [Waushara County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Silver Lake ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Silver Lake - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Silver Lake.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/70768 (Place Name: Silver Lake)

County: Susquehanna (FIPS State/County: 42/115)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Silver Lake) 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 Susquehanna County ...

Can you help?

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 Susquehanna County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Lake 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 county. 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.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/