Silverwood is an

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on the border of Rich Township, Lapeer County and Dayton Township,

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History

When the narrow gauge

Port Huron and Northwestern Railway The Port Huron and Northwestern Railway (PH&NW) Nicknamed "The Port Huron Road", is a defunct railway which operated in the Thumb area of Michigan during the late 1800s. The company was chartered by a group of Port Huron, Michigan businessmen on Ma ...

was built through here in 1882, the residents applied for a post office. One suggested naming it something easy to remember, and the post office named "Easy" opened on 13 April 1882, with James R. Chapin as the first postmaster. The name changed to "Rollo" on 27 March 1890, and changed again on 2 May 1892 to "Silverwood", after the nearby stands of

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. A subdivision plat for the Village of Silverwood was filed on 19 July 1899. The

Pere Marquette Railroad The Pere Marquette Railway was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States and southern parts of Ontario in Canada. It had trackage in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its p ...

purchased the Port Huron and Northwestern Railway and changed its rails to

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Government

Silverwood as an unincorporated community has no government of its own, so is governed by whichever township that part of the community is within. Silverwood is served by the Mayville Community School District as well as other nearby school districts. The Silverwood-based

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, with ZIP code 48760, also serves the northeast portion of Rich Township, as well as the southeast portion of Dayton Township, and small areas in Koylton Township in

, and Burlington Township in Lapeer County.48760 5-Digit ZCTA, 487 3-Digit ZCTA - Reference Map - American FactFinder
U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 census

Sources

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