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]
References
^ abcdeDurham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1417. ISBN1-884995-14-4.