Silver Plume, CO

Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The 2020 census counted 207 residents. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp along Clear Creek in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The federally designated Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District comprises Silver Plume, the neighboring town of Georgetown, and the Georgetown Loop Historic Mining & Railroad Park between the two towns. Silver Plume's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Colorado setting. The local scoop is how Silver Plume's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The family of John Henry Bowman came to the Silver Plume area in 1864. The Silver Plume, Colorado, post office opened on December 1, 1875, and Silver Plume was incorporated on September 24, 1880. Silver Plume is located in the valley of Clear Creek.