Official Name: | Town of Silver Plume, Colorado |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type2: | County[1] |
Established Date2: | September 24, 1880[2] |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.68 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.67 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.26 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.26 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Footnotes: | [4] |
Population Total: | 207 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 39.6958°N -105.7264°W |
Elevation Ft: | 9118 |
Postal Code: | 80476 |
Blank Info: | 08-70360 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2413287 |
Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Silver Plume, the neighboring town of Georgetown, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns.
The town population was 207 at the 2020 census. The Silver Plume Post Office has the ZIP code 80476.[5]
Silver Plume is located in the valley of Clear Creek. Interstate 70 and U.S. Route 6 pass through the town, with access from Exit 226. It is west across the Continental Divide to Silverthorne and east to Denver.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Silver Plume has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km), all of it land.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Silver Plume has a subarctic climate, abbreviated "Dfc" on climate maps.
The town of Silver Plume has a very rich history. That history can be viewed by the general public either at the George Rowe Museum, which is in the original school house of the town, or by walking the 7:30 Mine Trail, which gives the individual a grand view of the Silver Plume valley and the town nestled at its base.