Silver Mine is an

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in northwest Madison County, in the U.S. state of

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. The community is on Missouri Route D about five miles southwest of Oak Grove on

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. The Silver Mine Recreation Area on the

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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 {{MadisonCountyMO-geo-stub