Silver Lake, Missouri | |
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 Location of Perry County, Missouri | |
| Coordinates: 37°41′01″N89°59′24″W / 37.68361°N 89.99000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Perry |
| Township | St. Mary's |
| Elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 63775 |
| Area code | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-67934 [2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 726452 [1] |
Silver Lake is an unincorporated settlement in Saint Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Silver Lake was named after the nearby lake of the same name, so named for its clear water, although there is another legend that an attempt was made to locate a silver mine near the lake. The post office name was written Silver Lake (1876-1895; Silverlake 1896-1910; and Silver Lake since 1910). The change was doubtless suggested by postal authorities, who prefer single names, but custom triumphed over law and the two words are used. [3]
Lead was mined in the location of Silver Lake in 1883 and some silver was found, though not in paying quantities. A post office was established in 1876. [3]
The town of Silver Lake was laid out by Simon DuVall (1782-1865) [4] on land that was granted to him in 1856. [5]
The local Catholic parish church is the St. Rose of Lima Mission church. The parish first started as a log cabin mission church served by the Vincentians from Perryville, Missouri in the 1855. The first frame church was built in 1865, under William Vincent Moore, C.M. In the early 1870s, Father Joseph Hellwing, who had just become pastor of St. Mary's at Biehle, Missouri, also gave services here. Father William Vincent Moore, C.M., a local Missouri native, who studied both at St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary and later in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, also served there.
The stone church was constructed under direction of Father Denis D. Leyden, C. M. in 1877-79 of unique colored stone blocks, and was known as Holy Innocents. The brothers and students at St. Mary's of the Barrens donated 30,000 shingles for the roof of the new church. The Silver Lake church was changed to St. Rose of Lima, in 1885-1886, under Father Pommer and Father E. J. Wynne, apparently as a response to the completion of the new stone church. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Perry County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,956. Its county seat is Perryville. The county was officially organized on November 16, 1820 from Ste. Genevieve County and was named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.
Perryville is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,555 at the 2020 United States census. Perryville is the county seat of Perry County.
Menfro is an unincorporated community in northeastern Perry County, Missouri, United States. It is located 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Perryville.
Cinque Hommes is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
St. Marys is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, in the United States of America.
McBride is an unincorporated community located in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. McBride is located approximately eight miles northeast of Perryville.
Sereno is an unincorporated community located in Bois Brule Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. Sereno is located approximately five miles northeast of Perryville.
Yount is an unincorporated settlement in Saint Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri.
Highland is an unincorporated community in Cinque Hommes Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Central Township is one of the eight townships located in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
Cinque Hommes Creek is a tributary of the Mississippi River flowing through Perry County, Missouri.
Beauvais Township is a subdivision of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, in the United States of America, and is one of the five townships located in Ste. Genevieve County.
Tucker’s Settlement is an abandoned village in Saline Township in Perry County, Missouri, United States.
St. Vincent de Paul Church is a Roman Catholic church in Perryville, Missouri. It was completed in 1965, but has roots in a Catholic community that built its first church in Perryville in 1817.
St. Boniface Parish Church and Parish was a Roman Catholic church in Perryville, Missouri.
St. Mary's of the Barrens Church is a Catholic Church and former seminary in Perryville, Missouri. St. Mary's is the historic seat of the American Vincentians and since its establishment in 1818 has served as an educational institution, a Vincentian house of formation, and a Vincentian community residence. The complex of eight contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as St. Mary's of the Barrens Historic District. St. Mary's is the home of the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church was a Roman Catholic church in Belgique, Missouri.
St. Rose of Lima Mission is a Roman Catholic church in Silver Lake, Missouri, in the deanery of Ste. Genevieve of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. It is administered by the Vincentians as a mission of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Perryville; as with the churches of St. James and St. Joseph, there are no weekend Masses offered.
The Perry County Courthouse is a government building for Perry County that lies on the main square in Perryville, Missouri, United States.
Immanuel Lutheran Church is an LCMS church in Perryville, Missouri.
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