Silver Lake, Illinois

Silver Lake is an unincorporated community located in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. The area is bounded by the village of Cary to the south and Oakwood Hills to the north. Silver Lake has a zip code of 60013 and is served by the Cary post office.

The area is home to several housing subdivisions and farms. There is a very small business district located at the intersection of Silver Lake Rd and Crystal Lake Ave. The community is noted for being a fiercely independent area that has resisted attempts to be annexed into the nearby municipalities.

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Municipalities and communities of McHenry County, Illinois, United States
County seat: Woodstock
Cities	Crystal Lake Harvard Marengo McHenry Woodstock
Villages	Algonquin‡ Barrington Hills‡ Bull Valley Cary Fox Lake‡ Fox River Grove‡ Greenwood Hebron Holiday Hills Huntley‡ Island Lake‡ Johnsburg Lake in the Hills Lakemoor‡ Lakewood McCullom Lake Oakwood Hills Port Barrington‡ Prairie Grove Richmond Ringwood Spring Grove Trout Valley Union Wonder Lake
Townships	Alden Algonquin Burton Chemung Coral Dorr Dunham Grafton Greenwood Hartland Hebron Marengo McHenry Nunda Richmond Riley Seneca
CDPs	Chemung Pistakee Highlands
Other unincorporated communities	Alden Big Foot Prairie‡ Burtons Bridge Coral Franklinville Harmony Hartland Lawrence Palm Beach Ridgefield Riley Silver Lake Solon Mills Terra Cotta
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties