The Town of Silver Cliff is the statutory town that is the most populous municipality in Custer County, Colorado, United States. The population was 609 at the 2020 census, up from 587 in 2010.
The original Silver Cliff firehouse & town hall, now a museum, on Main Street, September 2018
Corner of Main & Mill streets, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 1870?-1900?
Silver Cliff Cemetery, August 2010
Westcliffe is a statutory town that is the county seat of Custer County, Colorado, United States. As of the 2020 census, Westcliffe had a population of 435.
Silver Cliff, Colorado
…after Denver and Leadville. Silver Cliff was the county seat from 1886 (when the town won the seat from Rosita) to 1928 (when the seat moved to nearby Westcliffe). The Silver Cliff mine, also known as the Geyser mine, is on the hill immediately north of the town. Although a large operation that employed many…
Horn Peak of the Sangre de Cristo Range viewed from Westcliffe
The restored D&RGW depot in August 2022
Shopping lane in downtown Westcliffe