Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat and the home of Western New Mexico University. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,315. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,704.
Downtown and the surrounding area as viewed from La Capilla Heritage Park
Aerial view of Silver City, 1943
Silver City's City Hall.
St. Mary's Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. At the 2020 census, the population was 28,185. Its county seat is Silver City. The county was founded in 1868 and named for Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States.
Grant County Courthouse in Silver City
Narrow-gauge railroad to the mines at Pinos Altos
Showy specimen of chalcopyrite in quartz needles, from the old Groundhog Mine, between Bayard and the Chino mine.
The old Pinos Altos Opera House