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Silverton

Statutory Town in and county seat of San Juan County, Colorado, United States
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Summary

Silverton is a town in the United States[1]. Silverton ranks in the top 2% of town in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,897 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: San Juan County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Postal code: 81433[6]
  • Commons category: Silverton, Colorado[7]
  • Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[8]
  • Inception: 1874[9]
  • Official website: http://www.silverton.co.us[10]
  • Population: 637[11], 622[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Capital of: San Juan County[14]
  • Official name: Silverton[15]
  • Number of households: 275[16]
  • Native label: Silverton[17]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2835 m[18]
  • Area: 2.194711 km²[19], 2.194712 km²[20]
  • Water as percent of area: 0 percent[21]
  • Water area: 0 km²[22]
  • Per capita income: 35,177 US dollars[23]

Why It Matters

Silverton has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Silverton is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Water area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → San Juan County
    Official website → http://www.silverton.co.us
    Inception → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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