Silica,_Wisconsin

Silica, Wisconsin

Silica, Wisconsin

Unincorporated community in Wisconsin, United States

Silica, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in the Town of Taycheedah in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It is located at the intersection of County Highway QQ and Silica Road, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of St. Peter.[2][3]

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History

A post office called Silica was in operation from 1898 until 1904.[4] The community was so named on account of the sandy soil, Silica being the Latin word meaning "sand".[5]

Prior to being named Silica it was named Summit

Notes

  1. [1]
    "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Location of Silica, Wisconsin". Google Maps. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Silica, Fond du Lac Co". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Fond du Lac County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. [5]
    Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 124.


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