Silver Creek is a stream in Jefferson County, Nebraska and Washington County, Nebraska, in the United States.[1]

According to legend, the discovery of silver ore at the creek's banks caused the name to be selected.[2]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Silver Creek (Nebraska)
  2. Dawson, Charles (1912). Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County ... Crane. p. 256.

40°04′14″N 97°14′02″W / 40.07057°N 97.23400°W / 40.07057; -97.23400



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