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History · Silver Lake

18% of Silver Lake’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1888 on.

0on the National Register
18%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Silver Lake’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Silver Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18886 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1971. Watch Silver Lake change.Old housesHalf of Silver Lake’s homes were built before 1955.
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On the map

Silver Lake on the map, 1888 to 1971

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Silver Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Silver Lake on the 1888 USGS mapSilver Lake on the 1894 USGS mapSilver Lake on the 1905 USGS mapSilver Lake on the 1943 USGS mapSilver Lake on the 1954 USGS mapSilver Lake on the 1971 USGS map1888Hackettstown sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Silver Lake.

The story so far

Silver Lake, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Silver Lake yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Silver Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Hope Township in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that was defined as part of the 2010 United States census. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP's population was 368.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 368 to 333 (-10%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Silver Lake

Nobody well known was born in Silver Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Jimmi SimpsonAmerican film and television actor · b. 1975
Eric MilleganAmerican actor · b. 1974
Chris WyldeAmerican actor · b. 1976
Ernest SchellingAmerican conductor · b. 1876
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Kristen MaloneyAmerican Olympic gymnast · b. 1981
Benjamin LundyAmerican Quaker abolitionist · b. 1789

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.