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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædə, -vɑː-/ ^ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-; Spanish: [neˈβaða] ^ⓘ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. 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 seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of the monetary support of nearly $400 million in silver ore generated at the time by the Comstock Lode. It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in Spanish, referring to Nevada's small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range; however, the rest of Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia). (Full article...)

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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. Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single municipal government known as Carson City.

The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Churchill County, Nevada is 001, Alameda County, California and Baker County, Oregon are also 001. To uniquely identify Churchill County, Nevada, one must use the state code of 32 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Churchill County, Nevada is 32001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county. (Full article...)

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Piper's Opera House is an historic performing arts venue in Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, United States. Piper's served as a training facility in 1897 for heavyweight boxing champion Gentleman Jim Corbett, in preparation for his title bout with Bob Fitzsimmons. The current structure was built by entrepreneur John Piper in 1885 to replace his 1878 opera house that had burned down. The 1878 venue, in turn, had been to replace Piper's 1863 venue which was destroyed by the 1875 Great Fire in Virginia City. Mark Twain spoke from the original Piper's stage in 1866, and again a century later in the third venue, as portrayed by Hal Holbrook in his one-man play Mark Twain Tonight! A lynch mob hung a victim from the first venue's rafters in 1871. American theatrical producer David Belasco was stage manager at the second opera house before moving to New York City. Piper's opera houses played host to Shakespearean thespians such as Edwin Booth. Musical performers Lilly Langtry, Al Jolson and John Philip Sousa once performed here. In 1940, Errol Flynn auctioned off historic Piper memorabilia from the opera house stage, during a live NBC broadcast that coincided with the premiere of Flynn's new movie Virginia City. (Full article...)

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Image 1Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 2Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 3Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 4Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 52024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada
Democratic
Republican
(from Nevada)
Image 6Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 7Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 8Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 9Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 10Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 11Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 12Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 13Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025):
  Republican ≥ 30%
  Republican ≥ 40%
  Republican ≥ 50%
  Republican ≥ 60%
  Unaffiliated ≥ 30%
(from Nevada)
Image 14Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 15Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 16Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 17Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 18The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 19East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 20A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 21Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 22Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 23Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 24Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 25U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 26Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 27Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 28The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 29Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 30The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 31Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 32Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 33The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 34The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
Image 35The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
Image 36Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 37Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 38Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 39Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 40A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 41Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 42Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 43Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 44Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 45Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 46Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 47The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 48Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 49Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 50Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 51Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 52Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 53The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 54Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 552024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada
Democratic
Republican
(from Nevada)
Image 56Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 57U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 58MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 59A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 60Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 61The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 62State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 63The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 64Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 65Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025):
  Republican ≥ 30%
  Republican ≥ 40%
  Republican ≥ 50%
  Republican ≥ 60%
  Unaffiliated ≥ 30%
(from Nevada)
Image 66Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 67Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 68The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 69A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 70Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 71A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
Image 72Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 73State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 74Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 75The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 76MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 77East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 78Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 79Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)

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... that a Nevada radio station once had a show that played Tongan music?
... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?

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Largest cities

Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)		Population density	Incorporation date
Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	sq mi	km²	Population density	Incorporation date
Boulder City	City	Clark	14,885	15,023	−0.9%	208.52	540.1	71.4/sq mi (27.6/km²)	October 1, 1959
Reno†	City	Washoe	264,165	225,221	+17.3%	108.77	281.7	2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km²)	March 16, 1903
Caliente	City	Lincoln	990	1,130	−12.4%	1.87	4.8	529.4/sq mi (204.4/km²)	October 1, 1959
Carlin	City	Elko	2,050	2,368	−13.4%	10.44	27.0	196.4/sq mi (75.8/km²)	October 22, 1925
Carson City‡	—	None	58,639	55,274	+6.1%	144.66	374.7	405.4/sq mi (156.5/km²)	March 1, 1875
Elko†	City	Elko	20,564	18,297	+12.4%	17.64	45.7	1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km²)	March 14, 1917
Ely†	City	White Pine	3,924	4,255	−7.8%	7.64	19.8	513.6/sq mi (198.3/km²)	July 20, 1907
Fallon†	City	Churchill	9,327	8,606	+8.4%	3.63	9.4	2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km²)	December 18, 1908
Fernley	City	Lyon	22,895	19,368	+18.2%	122.12	316.3	187.5/sq mi (72.4/km²)	July 1, 2001
Henderson	City	Clark	317,610	257,729	+23.2%	107.73	279.0	2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km²)	June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†	City	Clark	641,903	583,756	+10.0%	135.81	351.7	4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km²)	March 16, 1905

‡ State capital and independent city

† County seat

See List of cities in Nevada for a full list.

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