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Welcome to Silver Creek ...

Silver Creek is primarily located in Marshall County<1>. A portion of Silver Creek extends into Maury County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Silver Creek: Silver Crk. (or less commonly used: Silver Ck. or Silver Cr.)

Silver Creek is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Silver Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Silver Creek: 931

Communities Also Named Silver Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Silver Creek - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio (3), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Silver Creek ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

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

Communities near Silver Creek ...

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

  • Spring Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Powell Chapel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Jonesboro ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jonesboro is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,238 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Southport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Southport is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
  • Chapel Hill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Unionville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Olivet
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 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 Silver Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver Creek ...

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

Adding Silver Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Silver Creek post office opened in 1837. The Silver Creek post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/