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2. History of Nevada - Wikipedia

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   The History of Nevada as a state began when it became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election (the largest and costliest transmission ever by telegraph). Statehood was rushed to help ensure three electoral votes for Abraham Lincoln 's ...

3. Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Nevada ( / nəˈvædəˌ - vɑː -/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-, [4] [5] Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [c] It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most ...

4. College of Southern Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Founded in 1971 as Clark County Community College, the school became Community College of Southern Nevada in 1991. On March 16, 2007, the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education voted to change the name of the school to its current name College of Southern Nevada on July 1, 2007.

5. List of cities in Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted. Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, it is the 32nd most populous state, with 3,104,614 inhabitants, but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2).

6. University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .unlv .edu. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas ( UNLV) is a public land-grant [a] research university in Paradise, Nevada. The 332-acre (134 ha) [5] campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969.

7. Clark County, Nevada - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.clarkcountynv.gov. Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The land area of Clark County is 8,061 square miles (20,880 km 2 ), or roughly the size of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,265,461.