Welcome to Silver Lake ...

The village of Silver Lake is located in Waushara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Silver Lake: Silver Lk.

Silver Lake is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Silver Lake: 262

The ZIP code for Silver Lake: 53170<3>

Communities Also Named Silver Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Silver Lake: This one is located in Waushara County and the other is located in Kenosha County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 48 communities that are also named Silver Lake - they are located in British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York (3), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington (4) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Silver Lake ...

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

• Berlin
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Berlin is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,383 people
• Wautoma
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Wautoma is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wautoma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,114 people
• Redgranite
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Redgranite is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redgranite
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,111 people
• Montello
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Montello is located in Marquette County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,454 people
• Westfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfield is located in Marquette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
• Princeton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Princeton is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,166 people
• Green Lake
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Lake is located in Green Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
• Plainfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
• Wild Rose
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Wild Rose is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 651 people
• Coloma
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Coloma is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coloma
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 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 Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Lake.

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

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

Adding Silver Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Silver Lake post office opened in 1852. The Silver Lake post office closed in 1863.

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