Ophir Map
The historic town of Ophir is a Home Rule Municipality located in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. Ophir was the site of the world's first commercial system to generate and transmit alternating current electricity, the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant. The population was 113 at the 2000 census.
Ophir is located at 37°51?22?N 107°49?52?W / 37.85611°N 107.83111°W / 37.85611; -107.83111 (37.856049, -107.831167).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²), all of it land.
Nearby cities include Ouray, Rico, Mountain Village, Telluride, Silverton.