- Silver, Texas
Silver is an unincorporated community in northwestern Coke County,
Texas ,United States . [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/hns48.html Silver, Texas] , Handbook of Texas Online,2008-01-18 . Accessed2008-08-10 .] Its elevation is 2,100 feet (640 m), and it is located at coor dms|32|4|15|N|100|40|57|W|city (32.0709662, -100.6826057). [gnis|1347126] Although Silver is unincorporated, it has apost office , with theZIP code of 76949; [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=76949 Zip Code Lookup] ] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 76949 had a population of 30 at the 2000 census.GR|2 Founded in 1890, the post office was temporarily closed from 1907 to 1908.Founded in the 1870s, Silver was long a center of ranching. However, the discovery of oil shortly after the end of
World War II caused the community's population to boom, although the community has since declined.References
External links
* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/SS/hns48.html Profile of Silver from the] Handbook of Texas Online
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