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Welcome to Silver City ...

Silver City is located in Pennington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Silver City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Silver City had a population of 59 people.<2> (see below for details).

Silver City is 4,620 feet [1,408 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Silver City is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ 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: 605

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, Montana, Nevada (2), New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, 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.

  • Rapid City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Spokane ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Spokane is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,237 people
  • Summerset
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gregory ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gregory is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,264 people
  • Hill City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Piedmont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Johnson Siding
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Johnson Siding is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Siding
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 659 people
  • Sheridan ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sheridan is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
    • Estimated population in 2014: 447 people
  • South Canyon Country Estates
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • South Canyon Country Estates is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canyon Country Estates
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 364 people
  • Keystone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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>

From that list, the Silver City post office opened in 1887. The Silver City post office closed in 1964.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Pennington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Silver City.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silver City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/