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Silica, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°51′01″N 88°20′30″W / 43.85028°N 88.34167°W / 43.85028; -88.34167
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Fond du Lac
Elevation	300 m (984 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	920
GNIS feature ID	1574094

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.

History

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

Prior to being named Silica it was named Summit

Notes

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Location of Silica, Wisconsin". Google Maps. Retrieved December 26, 2009.
3. "Silica, Fond du Lac Co". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
4. "Fond du Lac County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
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.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Fond du Lac
Cities	Fond du Lac Ripon Waupun‡
Villages	Brandon Campbellsport Eden Fairwater Kewaskum‡ Mount Calvary North Fond du Lac Oakfield Rosendale St. Cloud
Towns	Alto Ashford Auburn Byron Calumet Eden Eldorado Empire Fond du Lac Forest Friendship Lamartine Marshfield Metomen Oakfield Osceola Ripon Rosendale Springvale Taycheedah Waupun
CDPs	Alto St. Peter Taycheedah Van Dyne
Other communities	Arcade Acres Armstrong Artesia Beach Ashford Banner Byron Calumet Harbor Calumetville‡ Calvary Chinatown Dexter Dotyville Dundee Eldorado Elmore Garnet Graham Corners Hamilton Highland Park Hopokoekau Beach Johnsburg Ladoga Lamartine Laudolff Beach Linden Beach Luco Malone Marblehead Marytown Metomen Minawa Beach New Fane New Prospect Oak Center Peebles Pipe Pukwana Beach Rogersville Rosendale Center Silica South Byron St. Joe Waucousta Welling Beach West Rosendale Wilmoore Heights Winnebago Heights Winnebago Park Woodhull
Former communities	Ceresco New Cassel Reeds Corners
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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