Welcome to Silas ...Silas is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas). Silas is located in Shelby County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Silas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Silas is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Silas lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Silas: 936 Communities Also Named Silas ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Silas - they are located in Alabama, Georgia and Indiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silas. Communities near Silas ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silas.
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 Silas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silas. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silas. 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 Silas. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silas. See our Newspapers Page for Silas. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silas ...Looking for more information about Silas? 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 Silas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silas. Adding Silas to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Silas 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 Silas was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Silas. Footnotes ...
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