Welcome to Silverton ...

The town of Silverton is located in San Juan County<1> and is the County Seat for San Juan County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silverton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

The town was incorporated November 15, 1885.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Silverton has a population of 657 people<2> (see below for details).

Silverton is 9,290 feet [2,832 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Silverton is 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Silverton lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The area code for Silverton: (970)

The ZIP code for Silverton: 81433<4>

Websites for Silverton ...

Official Website: www.ci.silverton.co.us/

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Silverton had an population of 657 people. This is an increase of 3.14% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 23.73% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Silverton had a population of 637 people (which is 91.13% of the total population of San Juan County). This makes Silverton the county's most populous community.

The population of Silverton represents 0.01% of the total population of Colorado (which has 5,029,196 people), making it the state's 179th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 637 people, the population of Silverton increased 19.96% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 531 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Silverton.

Communities Also Named Silverton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Silverton - they are located in British Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (2), Manitoba, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silverton.

Communities near Silverton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Silverton.

• Telluride
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
  • Telluride is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,416 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Telluride <5>
• Mountain Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
  • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <5>
• Ouray
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouray
  • Ouray is located in Ouray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ouray <5>
• Ophir
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Ophir is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <5>
• Howardsville ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardsville
  • Howardsville is located in San Juan County
• Chattanooga ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
  • Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
• Red Mountain ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
  • Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
• Eureka ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Eureka is located in San Juan County
• Animas Forks ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas Forks
  • Animas Forks is located in San Juan County
• Pandora
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
  • Pandora is located in San Miguel County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Silverton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silverton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silverton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silverton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silverton. Our list includes 18 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Silverton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silverton ...

Looking for more information about Silverton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Silverton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Silverton.

Adding Silverton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silverton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Silverton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Silverton post office opened in 1875.

We also found Silverton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silverton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Silverton: www.ci.silverton.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/