Silver City is an
unincorporated community
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in
Dawson and
Forsyth counties, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
The 2020 United States census reported the population of the Silver City
Census County Division
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in Forsyth County as being 29,877.
History
A post office called Silver City was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1907. The community's name most likely is a transfer from a city in the
Western United States
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As American settlement i ...
.
Silver City was a former trading post and home to one of the first telephone lines in Forsyth County.
Education
As the community is located across two adjacent counties, the Silver City community's students are served by both the
Forsyth County School District and the
Dawson County School District.
*Silver City Elementary School
References
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Unincorporated communities in Dawson County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Forsyth County, Georgia
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