Welcome to Silver City ...Silver City is located in Lyon County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. Silver City is 5,060 feet [1,542 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Silver City is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Silver City lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Silver City: 775 The ZIP code for Silver City: 89428<3> Communities Also Named Silver City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nevada communities named Silver City: This one is located in Lyon County and the other is located in Clark County. Beyond Nevada, 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, Montana, 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.
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.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Silver City. Footnotes ...
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