Abandoned Record
About Silver
Silver is an unincorporated community in northwestern Coke County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 60 in 2000.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Silver, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Silver is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Silver
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1954 Big Spring sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Big Spring sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1959 Silver sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Sweetwater sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Silver
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Texas index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Silver": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Silver, Texas": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7515757.
- USGS GNIS 1347126.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).