Map of Silver Peak CDP

Silver Peak (also Silverpeak) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. It lies along State Route 265, 20 miles (32 km) south of U.S. Route 6 and 30 miles (48 km) west of Goldfield, the county seat of Esmeralda County. It has a post office, with the ZIP code of 89047. The population of Silver Peak was 142 as of 2019.

Silver Peak CDP overview:
Name:	Silver Peak CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Nevada
County:	Esmeralda County
Elevation:	4,321 ft (1,317 m)
Total Area:	0.99 sq mi (2.56 km²)
Land Area:	0.99 sq mi (2.56 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	121
Population Density:	122.22/sq mi (47.18/km²)
ZIP code:	89047
FIPS code:	3267000
GNISfeature ID:	845661

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History

Silver Peak is one of the oldest mining communities in Nevada. It was founded near a well in 1864, two years after the founding of surrounding Esmeralda County, and one year after silver was discovered nearby and mining began. A 10 stamp mill was built in 1865, and a 20 stamp mill by 1867. The Silver Peak Railroad was built by the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining Company after it bought a group of mining properties in 1906 and established a 100 stamp mill at Blair, Nevada, in 1907. Blair’s mill closed in 1915, and Blair was a ghost town by 1920. Silver Peak maintained a population, however, even though it burned in 1948.

In 1939, boxer Max Baer defeated “Big Ed” Murphy of Silver Peak in a one round fight at Silver Peak.