Silverton Map
The town of Silverton is a Statutory Town that is the county seat of, and the only incorporated municipality in, San Juan County, Colorado, United States. Silverton is a former silver mining camp, most or all of which is now included in a federally designated National Historic Landmark District, the Silverton Historic District. The town population was 531 at U.S. Census 2000.
Silverton is linked to Durango by the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, a National Historic Landmark. Silverton no longer has active mining, but subsists by tourism, maintenance of US 550 (which links Montrose with Durango via Silverton), mine pollution remediation, and retirees.
Silverton is located at 37°48?45?N 107°39?47?W / 37.8125°N 107.66306°W / 37.8125; -107.66306 (37.812545, -107.662994).
Nearby cities include Telluride, Mountain Village, Ouray, Ophir.