railwaySan Juan County was formed in 1876 from LaPlata County. Spanish explorers named the river and mountains in the area San Juan and the name was also given to the county when it was formed. Silverton is the only town.

Silverton is the County Seat, and San Juan is the least populated Colorado County (699), and has the highest mean elevation of any U.S. county (11,240 feet).

Silverton is a statutory town that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.

The town is located in a remote part of the western San Juan Mountains, a range of the Rocky Mountains.

Silverton is a historic mining town established in 1874. It is in Baker's Park in the heart of the San Juan Mountains. The Denver & Rio Grande Railway (now the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad) reached the town of Silverton in 1882. The mining boom in the area around Silverton lasted until the 1910s.

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