The Village of Silvis (initially named Pleasant Valley) was incorporated in 1906. The Village took its name from Richard Shippen Silvis, one of the original settlers whose family operated the Silvis Mining Company.

Silvis is on a growing edge of this bi-state area and will continue to be a City of Progress.

From the little Mid-West town of Silvis, IL is a street that has great history and tradition to uphold its name. It has earned the name with honor and with the blood of eight boys, all of Mexican descent, who tragically gave their young lives on fields of combat for a country they felt was well worth dying for. It has been researched and documented by The Department of Defense in Washington, D.C., that there is no other street of comparable size that has sent as many men and women to serve in the armed forces than this block of approximately twenty-five homes.

Tucked away in a beautiful wooded area of picturesque Silvis Illinois is the new site for the "Village at Deer Meadows". For those looking for spacious, contemporary, maintenance-free living, Deer Meadows offers a variety of designs by Gary Hodge, Inc. from one story plans with full basements to townhouse style living. At Deer Meadows you're just a short drive away from shopping, a full service hospital, and the new TPC at Deere Run golf course. Plans range from approximately 1300 square feet to 2100 square feet, and prices start at $129,900.