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History · Silverstreet

Silverstreet’s post office opened in 1865, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1920.

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How Silverstreet began

When was Silverstreet founded?

1865

The Silverstreet post office opened in 1865, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 297 in 19202020 census: 164161 years
Founding year: the first Silverstreet post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Silverstreet’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 Silverstreet are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Silverstreet’s history is told.

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The story so far

Silverstreet, in brief

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

Silverstreet is a town in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Silverstreet had a population of 164.

Its first post office opened in 1865. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 162 in 2010, 164 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Silverstreet, 1865 to 1971

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1865Post officeThe Silverstreet post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930Born hereJim Neal is born here
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Silverstreet, decade by decade

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On the map

Silverstreet on the map, 1971 to 1986

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

Silverstreet on the 1971 USGS mapSilverstreet on the 1986 USGS map1971Silverstreet 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 Silverstreet.

People over time

Silverstreet, census by census

0100200300192019401960198020002020Peak: 297

Between 146 and 297 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Silverstreet’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Silverstreet’s post office has been open since 1865.

Gone or out of use
Silver Street Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Silverstreet’s history

What year was Silverstreet founded?

The Silverstreet post office opened in 1865, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.