Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Silver City came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Silver City in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Silver City. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Silver City data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Silver City:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1920)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1951)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Silver City is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Silver City in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Silver City for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Silver City. See our Misc Page for Silver City for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Silver City:

Silver City was mentioned in the following schedules:

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Silver City: www.townofsilvercity.org/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/