Silver City, Idaho | |
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![]() Silver City in 1892 | |
Coordinates: 43°01′01″N 116°43′59″W / 43.01694°N 116.73306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Idaho |
County | Owyhee |
Elevation | 6,168 ft (1,880 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 398130[1] |
Silver City is a ghost town in northwestern Owyhee County, Idaho, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). At its height in the 1880s, it was a gold and silver mining town with a population of around 2,500 and approximately 75 businesses.