Silver Plume, Colorado

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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.<ref name="Census 2020" /> The Silver Plume Post Office has the ZIP code 80476.<ref name=ZIPcode>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

The family of John Henry Bowman (1850–1900) came to the Silver Plume area in 1864. The Silver Plume, Colorado, post office opened on December 1, 1875,<ref name=CPO>Template:Cite book</ref> and the Town of Silver Plume was incorporated on September 24, 1880.<ref name=MuniIncCO/> The spelling of the town's name was briefly changed to Silverplume, but was later changed back to the original Silver Plume.<ref name=CPO/> The town 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.

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Homes dot a mountainside at Silver Plume, Colorado.

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