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History · Silver Lake

Half of Silver Lake’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Silver Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1953 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Silver Lake’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Silver Lake are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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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 a census-designated place (CDP) in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the northern part of the county, in the southwest part of Upper Deerfield Township. It is bordered to the west by the Cohansey River, which forms the boundary with Hopewell Township, to the north by Seeley, and to the south by Sunset Lake. Bridgeton, the Cumberland county seat, is 3 miles (5 km) to the south. Silver Lake was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

By decade

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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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On the map

Silver Lake on the map, 1953 to 1972

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 1953 USGS mapSilver Lake on the 1972 USGS map1953Bridgeton sheet · 1:24,000

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.

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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Lester Russell BrownAmerican environmental analyst · b. 1934
Samuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonBritish neurologist · b. 1878
Frank LoBiondoAmerican politician · b. 1946
Harris FlanaginGovernor of Arkansas from 1862 to 1864, and in … · b. 1817
Al McCoyAmerican boxer · b. 1894
Ephraim BatemanAmerican politician · b. 1780
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Hopewell Township1 historic placeB+Upper Deerfield Township2 historic placesC−Sunset Lake1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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.