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There are 16 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Nevada. On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. [1] Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. [1] In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single municipal government known as ...
Nevada County (/ n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə / ⓘ niv-AD-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 census , its population was 102,241. [7] The county seat is Nevada City . [8]
Washoe County is the second-most populous county of Nevada. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County includes the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area. Lyon County is the third most populous county. It was one of the nine original counties created in 1861. It was named after Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union General to be killed in the Civil War.
Clark County is the most populous county in Nevada, accounting for nearly three-quarters of its residents. Las Vegas, Nevada's most populous city, has been the county seat since the county was created in 1909 from a portion of Lincoln County, Nevada. Before that, it was a part of Arizona Territory.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Nevada: Nevada – U.S. state in the intermountain west region of the United States. Nevada is mostly desert or semiarid. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, [1] and about 86% of the state's land is owned by the US ...
Nye County, Nevada. / 38.05°N 116.45°W / 38.05; -116.45. Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. [1] Its county seat is Tonopah. [2] At 18,159 square miles (47,030 km 2 ), Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States ...
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 17,285. [1] It is a largely rural county that is sparsely populated with the only major city being Winnemucca which has a population of 8,431. [2] Humboldt County comprises the Winnemucca, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area and serves as an ...
This category has the following 29 subcategories, out of 29 total. County officials in Nevada (3 C) Former counties of Nevada (3 P) Buildings and structures in Nevada by county (22 C) County seats in Nevada (11 C, 17 P) Education in Nevada by county (14 C) Geography of Nevada by county (20 C)