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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 ...
Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the Nevada Territory. It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871. In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and ...
Reno metropolitan area, Nevada. The Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Western Nevada, anchored by the cities of Reno and Sparks. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 490,596. [1]
Reno, Nevada. / 39.52722°N 119.82194°W / 39.52722; -119.82194. Reno ( / ˈriːnoʊ / REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on ...
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, [1] but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2). [2]
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Caldera. Last eruption. 16.39 ± 0.02 million years ago (Miocene) The McDermitt Caldera is a large, oval-shaped caldera west of McDermitt in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada in the United States. It is about 28 miles (45 km) long north–south and 22 miles (35 km) wide east–west. [ 3] The western part of the caldera is in the Trout ...
U.S. Route 395 ( US 395) is an 85-mile-long (137 km) United States Numbered Highway near Lake Tahoe in the state of Nevada. It traverses the state after entering from California in Topaz Lake and crosses back into California near Hallelujah Junction. US 395 serves the cities of Gardnerville, Minden, Carson City and Reno.