Silver Texas Map

About Silver, Texas

Silver is a locality in Coke County, Texas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Silver is located at 32.0710°N, 100.6826°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 76949.

Silver sprawls across a sun-baked plain, the land a patchwork of ochre dust and stubborn, gray-green scrub that seems to absorb the heat rather than reflect it. It lies 32.0 miles south-southwest of Sweetwater, TX (from Sweetwater, TX: bearing 210°T), and is situated 34.9 miles north-northwest of Grape Creek. The horizon is a hard, unwavering line, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouettes of low, scrub-covered mesas that rise like ancient, sleeping beasts from the earth. The air itself feels thick, a palpable presence that shimmers and dances above the cracked earth, carrying the faint, dry scent of sage and something else, something mineral and old. Even the sky seems to hold its breath, a vast, unbroken expanse of pale blue that offers little relief from the relentless sun, its light so intense it bleaches the color from the sparse vegetation, leaving behind a landscape rendered in stark contrasts of light and shadow. The economy of Silver was once tied to the earth's buried bounty, a history whispered in the rusted skeletons of abandoned mining equipment that dot the outlying hills. Now, the town ekes out a more modest existence, its lifeblood flowing from the ranchers who still work the unforgiving land and the steady trickle of travelers seeking refuge from the open country. There's a quiet dignity in the way the buildings, mostly of weathered wood and stucco, stand their ground against the wind, a resilience born of hardscrabble beginnings. The main street, though narrow, hums with a low-key energy, the afternoon sun casting long shadows that stretch across the cracked asphalt, a silent testament to the generations who have called this dry, beautiful place home.

About This Silver Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver, Texas — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.070966, -100.682606. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Silver and Coke County.

Detailed location data for Silver includes the ZIP code (76945), telephone area code (325), county seat of Coke County (Robert Lee), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Silver is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.