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Welcome to Silver City ...

Silver City is located in Lewis and Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

Silver City is 4,340 feet [1,323 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Silver City is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Silver City: 406

Communities Also Named Silver City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Silver City - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, California (3), Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada (2), New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (6), Utah and Yukon.

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

Communities near Silver City ...

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

  • Helena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Helena is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,737 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <3>
  • East Helena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Canyon Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Birdseye
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Birdseye is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
  • Marysville ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Austin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Austin is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Fort Harrison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Atlantic City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Atlantic City is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic City
  • Blossburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Blossburg is located in Powell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossburg
  • Frontier Town
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Frontier Town is located in Lewis and Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silver City ...

Looking for more information about Silver City? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Silver City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silver City.

Adding Silver City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Silver City 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 (so far) for Silver City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Silver City post office opened in 1867. The Silver City post office closed in 1888.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Lewis and Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/