Silverton is an historic town in Douglas County, Missouri, United States. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. It was located along County Road 317 on Spring Creek, north-northeast of Wasola and west of the Hilo Cemetery, along Route N on Hilo Ridge.Wasola, Missouri 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, 2004, USGSMissouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 63, Although Hilo is listed as a variant name, the two were not at the same location.
A post office called Silverton was established in 1889, and remained in operation until 1933.
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