Silver Mine is an
unincorporated community
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in northwest
Madison County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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.
The community is on
Missouri Route D
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about five miles southwest of
Oak Grove on
US Route 72. The Silver Mine Recreation Area on the
St. Francois River is east.
Ironton is about to the west-northwest and
Fredericktown is about to the east.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, pp. 56-7, ]
History
A variant name was "Einstein Silver Mine".
A post office called Einstein Silver Mines was established in 1879, the name was changed to Silver Mine in 1892, and the post office closed in 1955.
The community, as well as nearby Silver Mountain, were named for a silver mine near the original town site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Missouri
Unincorporated communities in Missouri
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