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About Silver City (Click for more information)
| | Located in New Mexico (see below) |
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| | Located in Grant County (see below) |
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| | Time Zone: Located in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time. |
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| | Elevation: 1,800 feet [548.64 m] above sea level<1> |
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| | Population |
| | 2008:<2> | 10,545 (2.05% decrease since 2000) |
| | 2000: | 10,545 |
| | (For more detail, see our Census Page for Silver City) |
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| | Total Area:<3> | 10.14 sq miles [26.26 km²] |
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| | Housing Units:<4> | 4,757 |
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| | Latitude/Longitude<5> |
| | Lat: | 32°46'41" N (or 32.78° N) |
| | Long: | -108°16'11" W (or -108.27° W) |
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| | Name of USGS Topo Map: Silver City (7.5 Minute topographic series) |
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| | Other communities that are also named Silver City can be found on the Profile Page for Silver City. |
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About Grant County (Click for more information)
| | Population |
| | 2008 (Est): | 29,844 |
| | 2000: | 30,890 |
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| | Total Area: | 3,967 sq miles [10,275 km²] |
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| | Housing Units: | 14,066 |
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| | The community of Silver City is the County Seat for Grant County. |
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About New Mexico (Click for more information)
Search for Local BusinessesPeople are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Silver City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.
If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).
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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Silver City: Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Silver City? Please visit the Map Page for Silver City. |
Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver City - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Every year, the US Census Bureau creates a population estimate for the preceeding year. Keep in mind that this value is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2000 Census and the next count will be for the 2010 Census. For more information, please visit the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Silver City. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation |
| <5> | The longitude & latitude values have been supplied by the US Census Bureau. This location is not necessarily the center of Silver City, but might be a prominent feature. For example, it might be the location of City Hall or the main Post Office. - Return to Citation |
| <6> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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