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Welcome to Silver Mountain ...

So far, we found very little information about Silver Mountain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Silver Mountain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Silver Mountain, please Contact Us.

Silver Mountain would have been located within present day Alpine County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1865.

A typical abbreviation for Silver Mountain: Silver Mtn. (or less commonly used: Silver Mntn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Silver Mountain for more information about variations on the name of Silver Mountain.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Silver Mountain is 6,410 feet [1,954 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Silver Mountain is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Silver Mountain was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Silver Mountain was located: 530 & 837<4>

Communities Also Named Silver Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Silver Mountain - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Silver Mountain ...

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

  • Loope ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Loope is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope
  • Marklee Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
  • Markleeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Alpine Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
  • Woodfords
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
  • Sorensens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sorensens is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
  • Topaz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Topaz Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Topaz Lake is located in Douglas County (NV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz Lake
  • Coleville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mesa Vista
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Mesa Vista is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Vista

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 Silver Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silver Mountain.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silver Mountain. 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 Silver Mountain.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Mountain. See our Newspapers Page for Silver Mountain.

Adding Silver Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver Mountain in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Silver Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Silver Mountain post office opened in 1865. The Silver Mountain post office closed in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver Mountain.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Silver Mountain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Alpine, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver Mountain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Silver Mountain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Silver Mountain area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/