Silver Reef
Silver Reef is a ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States, about 15 miles northeast of St. George and 1 mile west of Leeds. John Kemple, a prospector from Nevada, discovered a vein of silver in a sandstone formation in 1866.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Washington County, Utah, United States
- Also known as: “Silver Reef, UT” and “Silver Reef, Utah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wells Fargo and Company Express Building.
Wells Fargo and Company Express Building
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Wells Fargo and Company Express Building is a historic commercial building in the ghost town of Silver Reef, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leeds and Toquerville.
Leeds
Village
Photo: An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leeds is a town in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 864 at the 2020 census. Leeds is situated 1½ miles south of Silver Reef.
Toquerville
Village
Photo: An Errant Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toquerville is a city in east–central Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,870 at the 2020 census. Toquerville is situated 4½ miles east of Silver Reef.
Silver Reef
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Washington, Utah, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.25683° or 37° 15′ 25″ northLongitude
-113.36795° or 113° 22′ 5″ westElevation
3,796 feet (1,157 metres)Open location code
85987J4J+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 150935225OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to South Azerbaijani—“Silver Reef” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Silver Reef”
- German: “Silver Reef”
- Slovak: “Silver Reef”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیلور ریف، یوتا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Silver Reef Museum and Silver Reef Protestant Cemetery.
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