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Also known as Silver City, New Mexico, Silver City, NM

town in and county seat of Grant County, New Mexico, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
New Mexico
County
Grant
Incorporated
January 14, 1876
Type
Council-Manager
Mayor
Ken Ladner
Total
10.14 sq mi (26.26 km )
Land
10.12 sq mi (26.21 km )
Water
0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
Elevation
5,919 ft (1,804 m)
Density
958.9/sq mi (370.2/km )
Time zone
UTC−07:00 ( MST )
Summer dst
UTC−06:00 ( MDT )
Zip codes
88061-88062
Fips code
35-73260
Website
townofsilvercity .org

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silver City” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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