Wayfarrow

Silver City

Ghost town · Juab County, Utah

Tintic Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000)
Tintic Junction quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Silver City is a ghost town in Juab County, Utah. It is one of 10 former communities in Juab County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 28 Utah counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Silver City was established in 1869, in the Civil War era.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Silver City as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 39.9100° N, 112.1300° W.

Key facts

Founded1869
Elevation6,164 ft
Nearest living townEureka, UT
Distance to it3.5 miles
Coordinates39.91000, -112.13000

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Silver City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Eureka, UT (population 941), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,164 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

The foundation of the smelter in Silver City, Utah.
The foundation of the smelter in Silver City, Utah. · The Utahraptor / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Silver City?

Silver City is in Juab County, Utah, at 39.9100, -112.1300.

How many ghost towns are in Juab County?

Juab County, Utah has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.