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The result was delete. ✗plicit 03:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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This one took a bit of digging, not helped out by Silverbrook Gardens, Delaware a short ways to the south and a "Silver Brook" in/near Newark, but from what I can tell it is actually a rail spot which turned into a somewhat vague locale. The oldest topos show the name directly adjacent to where the now-ex-Reading tracks cross the road, and I found an old reference to the station in some legislative document. Across the road in 1898 the vast Silverbrook Cemetery opened; then, shortly after WW II, a large apartment complex appears further to the NW, and the map label drifts over to it; as infill increases the label wanders back and forth. I see no evidence that this was ever regarded as a separate settlement. Mangoe (talk) 02:34, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 03:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Delaware-related deletion discussions. Curbon7 (talk) 03:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete "Vague locale" describes it well. According to this, Silverbrook M.E. Church and Silverbrook Station of the Reading Railroad were named after the Silver Brook stream, and the name stuck. I'm not finding any coverage that treats this as a distinct community. –dlthewave ☎ 02:10, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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