Silver Creek, MS

Silver Creek is a town in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 175 residents. Silver Creek is accessed from U.S. Route 84 and Mississippi Highway 43. The film Jesse James' Women was filmed in Silver Creek. A newcomer can read Silver Creek through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Silver Creek comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The area was settled around 1820 by the Kirby, Neal, Longino, Price and Williams families. Originally named "The Hall", it was changed in 1893 to Silver Creek for a nearby stream. U.S. Route 84 runs along the southern edge of the town, leading southwest 7 miles to Monticello, the county seat, and east 8 miles to Prentiss.