Silver Plume, Colorado

Silver Plume is a Statutory Town located in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

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.

[5] The family of John Henry Bowman (1850–1900) came to the Silver Plume area in 1864.

That history can be viewed by the general public either at the George Rowe Museum, which is in the original school house of the town, or by walking the 7:30 Mine Trail, which gives the individual a grand view of the Silver Plume valley and the town nestled at its base.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Silver Plume has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.6 km2), all of it land.

Homes dot a mountainside at Silver Plume, Colorado.
Map of Colorado highlighting Clear Creek County