Silsbee, California

Silsbee is a former settlement in Imperial County, California.^[1] It was located 6 miles (10 km) west-southwest of El Centro.^[1]

A post office operated at Silsbee from 1902 to 1909.^[1] The name honors Thomas Silsbee, rancher.^[1] The town was destroyed by an overflow of the Colorado River.^[1]

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Municipalities and communities of Imperial County, California, United States County seat: El Centro Cities Brawley Calexico Calipatria El Centro Holtville Imperial Westmorland CDPs Bombay Beach Desert Shores Heber Niland Ocotillo Palo Verde Salton City Salton Sea Beach Seeley Winterhaven Unincorporated communities Acolita Alamorio Amos Andrade Anza Araz Junction Bard Bertram Bonds Corner Boulder Park Cactus Citrus View Clyde Coolidge Springs Coyote Wells Curlew Date City Dixieland Dunes Edgar Elmore Desert Ranch Estelle Felicity Fondo Frink Fuller Glamis Gordons Well Hovley Imperial Gables Iris Kane Spring Meloland Mesquite Moss Mount Signal Mundo Munyon Obregon Orita Paymaster Landing Perrys Corner Picacho Plaster City Pope Rico Rockwood Ross Corner Ruthven Sandia Slab City Tortuga Truckhaven Verdant Watermans Corner Wiest Wilsie Wister Indian reservations Fort Yuma Indian Reservation Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation Ghost towns Araz Barnes Bernice Bradtmoore Butlers Carrizo Creek Station Colorado Concepcíon Eastside Gleason Hazelwood Highline Indian Wells Jaeger City Keystone Laguna Laparra Lano Mayflower Mobile No Mirage Ogilby Paringa Picacho Basin Pilot Knob Station Potholes Sackett's Wells Sellew Shamrock Silsbee Squeaky Springs