Silsbee is a former settlement in

Imperial County Imperial County is a county located on the southeast border of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 179,702, ranking as the least populous county in Southern California. The county seat and largest city is ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

. It was located west-southwest of

El Centro El Centro ( Spanish for "The Center") is a city and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. El Centro is the most populous city in the Imperial Valley, the east anchor of the Southern California Border Region, and the co ...

. A post office operated at Silsbee from 1902 to 1909. The name honors Thomas Silsbee, rancher. Described as a "picturesque lakeside townsite" on the shores of the now-drained Blue Lake, the town was thought to hold potential as a new recreational resort. However, the town was destroyed by an overflow of the

Colorado River The Colorado River () is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The river, the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), 5th longest in the United St ...

that gave rise to the

Salton Sea The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly salinity, saline endorheic lake in Riverside County, California, Riverside and Imperial County, California, Imperial counties in Southern California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the S ...

in 1905, and a new townsite was established a few miles north at

Seeley, California Seeley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California. Seeley is located west of El Centro. The population was 1,823 at the 2010 census, up from 1,624 in 2000. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area. History The fi ...

.https://www.seeley-society.net/geographical.html

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1908 map of Imperial County showing site of Silsbee
Former settlements in Imperial County, California Former populated places in California Destroyed populated places 1902 establishments in California {{ImperialCountyCA-geo-stub