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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)
Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)
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Nevada (/nɪˈvædə/ nih-VAD-ə; Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by 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 populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people 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 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. About 86% of the state's land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

American Indians 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 part of Alta California'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 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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Ruins of the Cook Bank building in Rhyolite, Nevada

Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park. The town began in early 1905 as one of several mining camps that sprang up after a prospecting discovery in the surrounding hills. During an ensuing gold rush, thousands of gold-seekers, developers, miners and service providers flocked to the Bullfrog Mining District. Many settled in Rhyolite, which lay in a sheltered desert basin near the region's biggest producer, the Montgomery Shoshone Mine.

Industrialist Charles M. Schwab bought the Montgomery Shoshone Mine in 1906 and invested heavily in infrastructure, including piped water, electric lines and railroad transportation, that served the town as well as the mine. By 1907, Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house, and a stock exchange. Published estimates of the town's peak population vary widely, but scholarly sources generally place it in a range between 3,500 and 5,000 in 1907–08. (Full article...)
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Central McDermitt

McDermitt is an unincorporated community straddling the Nevada–Oregon border, in Humboldt County, Nevada, and Malheur County, Oregon, United States. McDermitt's economy has historically been based on mining, ranching, and farming. The last mining operation closed in 1990, resulting in a steady decline in population.

As of the 2010 census, the combined population was 513. Seventy-five percent of the residents were American Indian, predominantly Northern Paiute of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, whose members include Shoshone people. (Full article...)
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  • ... that KQLO, the antecedent of today's KIHM, was established after its founder drove from Nevada to Vermont and found no Catholic radio stations on the trip?
  • ... that Pat Lundvall was the first female chair of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but garnered controversy for some of her decisions relating to mixed martial arts?
  • ... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm?

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Name Type County Population
(2020)		 Population
(2010)		 Change Land area
(2020)		 Population density Incorporation date
sq mi km2
Boulder CityCityClark14,885 15,023 −0.9%208.52 540.171.4/sq mi (27.6/km2)October 1, 1959
RenoCounty seatCityWashoe264,165 225,221 +17.3%108.77 281.72,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km2)March 16, 1903
CalienteCityLincoln990 1,130 −12.4%1.87 4.8529.4/sq mi (204.4/km2)October 1, 1959
CarlinCityElko2,050 2,368 −13.4%10.44 27.0196.4/sq mi (75.8/km2)October 22, 1925
Carson CityIndependent City—None58,639 55,274 +6.1%144.66 374.7405.4/sq mi (156.5/km2)March 1, 1875
ElkoCounty seatCityElko20,564 18,297 +12.4%17.64 45.71,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km2)March 14, 1917
ElyCounty seatCityWhite Pine3,924 4,255 −7.8%7.64 19.8513.6/sq mi (198.3/km2)July 20, 1907
FallonCounty seatCityChurchill9,327 8,606 +8.4%3.63 9.42,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km2)December 18, 1908
FernleyCityLyon22,895 19,368 +18.2%122.12 316.3187.5/sq mi (72.4/km2)July 1, 2001
HendersonCityClark317,610 257,729 +23.2%107.73 279.02,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km2)June 8, 1953
Las VegasCounty seatCityClark641,903 583,756 +10.0%135.81 351.74,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km2)March 16, 1905

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