Silverville, Indiana

Last updated

Silverville, Indiana
Unincorporated community
USA Indiana location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Silverville
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Silverville
Coordinates: 38°51′27″N86°39′55″W / 38.85750°N 86.66528°W / 38.85750; -86.66528
Country United States
State Indiana
County Lawrence
Township Indian Creek
Elevation
[1]
518 ft (158 m)
ZIP code
47470
FIPS code 18-69804 [2]
GNIS feature ID451464 [1]

Silverville is an unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.

History

A post office was established at Silverville in 1851, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906. [3] Silverville was platted on July 26, 1855. [4] [5]

There are two legends behind the naming of this place. One says that Native American buried silver in a nearby cave. Another states that the land in Silverville e was paid for in silver dollars. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silverville, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Lawrence County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp.  58.
  5. ↑ "History of Lawrence County, Indiana". INGenWeb. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Grazer, Florence Elise (1957). "A study of place names in Lawrence County, Indiana". Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Indiana State University. p. 20-21. Retrieved August 19, 2025.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.