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Nevada
Nevada (pronounced /nəˈvædə/ ( listen)) is a state located in the western region of the United States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there. In 1864, Nevada...
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Carson City
The Consolidated Municipality of Carson City is the capital of the State of Nevada. The population was 52,457 at the 2000 census.
The first Europeans to arrive in what is known as Eagle Valley were John C. Fremont and his exploration party in...
Area:
- 403.26115 km² (155.7 mi² )
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Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. When completed in 1936, it was both the world's largest hydroelectric power...
Area:
- 0.89034 km² (0.34376 mi² )
Reno
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
The city has a population of 217,091 (approx) and is the fourth most populous city in Nevada. Reno sits in a high desert valley at the foot of the Sierras. Reno borders Sparks, a city...
Area:
- 179.48618 km² (69.3 mi² )
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Pony Express
The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the North American continent from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 1860 to October 1861. It became the west's most direct means of east-west communication before the...
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (pronounced /lɑs ˈveɪgəs/); is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, fine dining, and entertainment. Las Vegas, which bills...
Area:
- 340.06544 km² (131.3 mi² )
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Clark County
Clark County is a county located in Southern Nevada.The county had a population of 1,375,765 at the 2000 census, and a 2008 estimated population of 1,996,542, which accounts for over three-quarters of the population of Nevada. It contains the city...
Area:
- 20,955.5938 km² (8091 mi² )
Churchill County
Churchill County is a county located in the western U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 23,982. As of July 1, 2007, the population of Churchill County was estimated at 27,190. The county, named after Mexican-American War...
Area:
- 13,009.51028 km² (5023 mi² )
Douglas County
Douglas County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of 2000, the population was 41,259. As of 2007, the population was estimated to be 52,386.
Douglas County holds the first permanent settlement in Nevada. The...
Area:
- 1,911.41123 km² (738 mi² )
White Pine County
White Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The 2000 census recorded its population to be 9,181; a 2006 estimate placed its population at 9,542. Its county seat is Ely. It is the home of Great Basin National Park. The name...
Area:
- 23,043.12422 km² (8897 mi² )
Washoe County
Washoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 339,486 at the 2000 census; 2008 Census Bureau estimates listed a population of 410,443. Its county seat is Reno.
Washoe County is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan...
Area:
- 16,967.01211 km² (6551 mi² )
Pershing County
Pershing County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 6,693. Its county seat is Lovelock. The county is named for General John Pershing. It was created out of Humboldt County in 1919, and is the...
Area:
- 15,716.04785 km² (6068 mi² )
Storey County
Storey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 3,399, which was estimated to have risen to 4,110 in 2006. Its county seat is Virginia City.
Storey County is part of the Reno–Sparks...
Area:
- 683.75686 km² (264 mi² )
Nye County
Nye County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 32,485. As of 2007, the population was estimated to be 46,308. At 18,159 square miles (47,030 km), Nye is the third largest county in terms of area...
Area:
- 47,031.5941 km² (18159 mi² )
Mineral County
Mineral County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 5,071. Its county seat is Hawthorne.
Mineral County was carved out of Esmeralda County in 1911 shortly after the County seat of Esmeralda was...
Area:
- 9,875.62466 km² (3813 mi² )
Lyon County
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 34,501. Its county seat is Yerington.
Lyon County was one of the nine original counties created in 1861. It was named after General Nathaniel Lyon...
Area:
- 5,221.41603 km² (2016 mi² )
Lincoln County
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,165. Its county seat is Pioche.
Lincoln County was established in 1866 after Nevada moved its state line eastward and southward at the...
Area:
- 27,549.70353 km² (10637 mi² )
Lander County
Lander County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 5,794. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.
Lander County was one of the original nine counties created in 1861. Named for Frederick W. Lander;...
Area:
- 14,294.14438 km² (5519 mi² )
Humboldt County
Humboldt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of 2007, the population was estimated to be 18,052 . Its county seat is Winnemucca.
The county was the site of an arrest in 2000 that led to the U.S. Supreme Court decision Hiibel v...
Area:
- 25,014.10517 km² (9658 mi² )
Eureka County
Eureka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 1,651. Its county seat is Eureka.
Eureka County is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Eureka County was created out of eastern...
Area:
- 10,826.1503 km² (4180 mi² )
Esmeralda County
Esmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. Its county seat is Goldfield. Its 2000 census population was officially 971, making its population density 0.1045 inhabitants/km² (0.2706/sq mi), the second-lowest (to Loving County,...
Area:
- 9,295.46733 km² (3589 mi² )
Elko County
Elko County is located in the western U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2000 census, the population was 45,291. As of July 1, 2007, the population of Elko County was estimated at 50,434. Its county seat is Elko. The county was organized on March 5,...
Area:
- 44,555.56546 km² (17203 mi² )
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Fallon
Fallon is a city in Churchill County, located in western Nevada, United States. The population was 7,536 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Churchill County and is located in the Lahontan Valley.
Fallon is primarily an agricultural...
Area:
- 8.02896 km² (3.1 mi² )
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Fallon Station
Fallon Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Churchill County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,265 at the 2000 census.
Fallon Station is located at 39°25′4″N 118°43′32″W / 39.41778°N 118.72556°W / 39.41778; -118.72556 (39...
Area:
- 6.47497 km² (2.5 mi² )
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Blue Diamond
Blue Diamond is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 282 at the 2000 census. Blue Diamond was featured in an episode of the hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Blue Diamond is located at...
Area:
- 19.16591 km² (7.4 mi² )
Boulder City
Boulder City is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is approximately 20 mi (32 km) from the City of Las Vegas. As of the 2000 census the population was 14,966, with a 2006 estimated population of 15,005.
Boulder City is one of only two...
Area:
- 524.99059 km² (202.7 mi² )
Bunkerville
Bunkerville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,014 at the 2000 census.
Bunkerville is located at 36°45′55″N 114°8′11″W / 36.76528°N 114.13639°W / 36.76528; -114.13639 (36.765276, -114...
Area:
- 112.40548 km² (43.4 mi² )
Cal-Nev-Ari
Cal-Nev-Ari is a census-designated place and town in Clark County, Nevada, United States, near the state's southernmost point. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 278. The town's name is a syllabic abbreviation of California,...
Area:
- 5.95697 km² (2.3 mi² )
Enterprise
Enterprise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 14,676 at the 2000 census. It is governed by the Clark County Commission, which does not have any members who reside in Enterprise.
Enterprise...
Area:
- 125.87342 km² (48.6 mi² )
Goodsprings
Goodsprings is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 232 at the 2000 census.
Goodsprings is located at 35°49′54″N 115°26′3″W / 35.83167°N 115.43417°W / 35.83167; -115.43417 (35.831720, -115...
Area:
- 3.88498 km² (1.5 mi² )
Henderson
Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States within the Las Vegas metropolitan area. It is the second largest city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with an estimated population of 252,064 in the 2008 Census Bureau. It occupies the southeast...
Area:
- 206.42205 km² (79.7 mi² )
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Indian Springs
Indian Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,302 at the 2000 census.
Indian Springs is named for the artesian spring that provides the area with water. Over the years the spring has...
Area:
- 49.20977 km² (19 mi² )
Mesquite
Mesquite is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the Arizona state line and 80 miles (124 km) northeast of Las Vegas. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 9,389, with a 2006 census estimate of 14,799
The city is...
Area:
- 40.40381 km² (15.6 mi² )
Moapa
Moapa Town is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 928 at the 2000 census.
Moapa Town is located at 36°41′31″N 114°36′29″W / 36.69194°N 114.60806°W / 36.69194; -114.60806 (36.691815, -114...
Area:
- 390.57021 km² (150.8 mi² )
Moapa Valley
Moapa Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The valley in which the community lies, also named Moapa Valley, is about 40 miles (64 km) long and lies roughly northwest to southeast. The Muddy River,...
Area:
- 113.18248 km² (43.7 mi² )
North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The city was incorporated on May 16, 1946, and is known as the home of Nellis Air Force Base.
Located in the desert southwest, in the...
Area:
- 203.31407 km² (78.5 mi² )
Paradise
Paradise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is one of a number of CDPs in the unincorporated urbanized area directly south of Las Vegas. The population was 186,070 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 196...
Area:
- 121.98844 km² (47.1 mi² )
Sandy Valley
Sandy Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Mesquite Valley in west-central Clark County, Nevada, United States. Sandy Valley has variant name of Sandy, Nevada. The population was 1,804 at the 2000 census. Sandy Valley is bordered on the...
Area:
- 145.03933 km² (56 mi² )
Searchlight
Searchlight is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 576 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.1 square miles (34 km), all of it land....
Area:
- 33.92884 km² (13.1 mi² )
Spring Valley
Spring Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States located two miles (3 km) west of the Las Vegas Strip. The population was 117,390 at the 2000 census.
After purchasing the land occupied by Stardust International...
Area:
- 86.5056 km² (33.4 mi² )
Summerlin South
Summerlin South, also seen on maps as South Summerlin, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, on the western edge of Las Vegas and adjacent to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It is so named because...
Area:
- 105.67151 km² (40.8 mi² )
Sunrise Manor
Sunrise Manor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, located on the western base of Frenchman Mountain east of Las Vegas. The population was 156,120 at the 2006 census. If Sunrise Manor were to be incorporated, it...
Area:
- 98.93755 km² (38.2 mi² )
Whitney
Whitney (formerly East Las Vegas) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 18,273 at the 2000 census.
Whitney, at one time, had its own identity, one of a few small communities between Las Vegas...
Area:
- 19.42491 km² (7.5 mi² )
Winchester
Winchester is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States that contains part of the Las Vegas Strip. It is one of a number of CDPs in the unincorporated urbanized area directly south of Las Vegas. The population was 26,958...
Area:
- 11.13695 km² (4.3 mi² )
Gardnerville
Gardnerville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 3,357 at the 2000 census.
US Highway 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. Nevada state route...
Area:
- 12.43194 km² (4.8 mi² )
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Gardnerville Ranchos
Gardnerville Ranchos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2000 census, the CDP population was 11,054.
Gardnerville Ranchos is located at 38°53′45″N 119°44′4″W / 38.89583°N 119.73444°W / 38.89583; ...
Area:
- 38.07283 km² (14.7 mi² )
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Indian Hills
Indian Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. It lies in the south side of the Carson City metropolitan area. The population was 4,407 at the 2000 census.
Indian Hills is located at 39°5′29″N 119°46′38″W ...
Area:
- 25.38188 km² (9.8 mi² )
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Johnson Lane
Johnson Lane is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. It lies in the south side of the Carson City metropolitan area. The population was 4,837 at the 2000 census.
Johnson Lane is located at 39°2′15″N 119°43′48″W ...
Area:
- 55.42575 km² (21.4 mi² )
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Kingsbury
Kingsbury is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,624 at the 2000 census.
Kingsbury is located at 38°58′24″N 119°54′10″W / 38.97333°N 119.90278°W / 38.97333; -119.90278 (38.973450, -119...
Area:
- 56.46174 km² (21.8 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Minden
Minden is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,836 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County and is adjacent to the city of Gardnerville. It is named after the town of...
Area:
- 11.13695 km² (4.3 mi² )
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Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village
Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,649 at the 2000 census.
Zephyr Cove-Round Hill Village is located at 38°59′52″N 119°56′45″W / 38.99778°N 119.94583°W ...
Area:
- 21.2379 km² (8.2 mi² )
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Carlin
Carlin is a town located near the western border of Elko County in northeast Nevada, 23 miles (37 km) west of the city of Elko. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. Carlin sits along Interstate 80 at an elevation of approximately 4...
Area:
- 23.82789 km² (9.2 mi² )
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Elko
Elko is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 16,980 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Elko County.
Elko is the principal city of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Elko and...
Area:
- 37.55483 km² (14.5 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Owyhee
Owyhee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 1,017 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Owyhee is also located within the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, and...
Area:
- 584.04232 km² (225.5 mi² )
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Wells
Wells is a town in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,346 at the 2000 census. Wells is located at the junction of U.S. Route 93 and Interstate 80, approximately 50 miles (83 km) east of Elko and is...
Area:
- 17.87092 km² (6.9 mi² )
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West Wendover
West Wendover is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. West Wendover is located on the eastern border of Nevada and the western edge of the...
Area:
- 19.42491 km² (7.5 mi² )
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McDermitt
McDermitt is an unincorporated community straddling the Nevada–Oregon border, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and Malheur County, Oregon in the United States. For statistical purposes, the census bureau has defined the portion of McDermitt in Nevada as...
Winnemucca
Winnemucca (pronounced /ˌwɪnəˈmʌkə/) is a city in and the county seat of Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 7,174. Interstate 80 passes through the city, where it meets U.S. Route 95....
Area:
- 21.4969 km² (8.3 mi² )
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Battle Mountain
Battle Mountain is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lander County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,871 at the 2000 census. Though it has no legal status as a municipality, it still functions as the county seat...
Area:
- 4.7 km² (1.8 mi² )
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Caliente
Caliente, formerly known as Culverwell and Calientes is a town in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. Its elevation is 4,300 feet (1,310 meters). The population was 1,123 at the 2000 census. The town's name originated from the nearby hot springs,...
Area:
- 4.92098 km² (1.9 mi² )
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Dayton
Dayton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 5,907 at the 2000 census.
Dayton is located at 39°15′6″N 119°33′43″W / 39.25167°N 119.56194°W / 39.25167; -119.56194 (39.251707, -119.561943)....
Area:
- 82.10262 km² (31.7 mi² )
