The town is located on the southwest flank of the Cerbat Mountains, 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Kingman, the Mohave county seat.

[5] Prospectors first located mineral resources in the area in the 1840s, including silver, gold, lead, zinc, and turquoise.

The Arizona and Utah Railway, running to the site from Kingman, was inaugurated on August 16, 1899 – the last silver spike was driven by Miss May Krider.

[6] The town eventually grew to a peak of around 5,000 inhabitants, and at one time Chloride was the county seat.

[7] American author Louis L'Amour visited Chloride sometime between 1927 and 1929 after the Weepah, Nevada, goldrush, where he had bought, and then sold, a claim for $50.