Silver Creek, Wright County, Minnesota

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US}}

{{for|the unincorporated community in northeast Minnesota named Silver Creek|Silver Creek, Lake County, Minnesota}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) and Unincorporated community

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within Silver Creek Township, Wright County

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|subdivision_name = United States

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|subdivision_name1 = Minnesota

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Wright

|subdivision_type3 = Township

|subdivision_name3 = Silver Creek Township

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|area_total_km2 = 4.31

|area_land_km2 = 3.86

|area_water_km2 = 0.44

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.66

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.49

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.17

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 254

|population_density_km2 = 65.79

|population_density_sq_mi = 170.36

|timezone = Central (CST)

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|timezone_DST = CDT

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|elevation_ft = 991

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 55380

|area_code = 320 and 763

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|blank_info = 27-60322

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|blank1_info = 652026{{cite gnis|652026|Silver Creek, Wright County, Minnesota}}

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Silver Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Silver Creek Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 256.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}} The community is on Wright County Road 8 near 112th Street NW. Wright County Road 39 is nearby.

Nearby places include Maple Lake, Annandale, Clearwater, Hasty, Monticello, and Lake Maria State Park.

Silver Creek is six miles north of Maple Lake and 21 miles south of St. Cloud.

The community has a post office with ZIP code 55380.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2010= 256

|2020= 254

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}

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