Silsbee, California

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Silsbee is a former settlement in Imperial County, California. It was located {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} west-southwest of El Centro.{{California's Geographic Names|1417}}

A post office operated at Silsbee from 1902 to 1909. The name honors Thomas Silsbee, rancher. Described as a "picturesque lakeside townsite" on the shores of the now-drained Blue Lake, the town was thought to hold potential as a new recreational resort.https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=IVP19020621.2.5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- However, the town was destroyed by an overflow of the Colorado River that gave rise to the Salton Sea in 1905, and a new townsite was established a few miles north at Seeley, California.https://www.seeley-society.net/geographical.html