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Silver Lake

Ghost town · Henderson County, Illinois

Burlington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)
Burlington quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Silver Lake is a ghost town in Henderson County, Illinois. It is the only former community in Henderson County recorded on the federal names register, out of 208 across Illinois.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Silver Lake as a historical populated place on the Burlington topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.7639° N, 91.0643° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBurlington
Elevation535 ft
Nearest living townCarman, IL
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1720230
Coordinates40.76393, -91.06431

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What's there now

Silver Lake is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Carman, IL (population 343), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 535 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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