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Nevada. Nevada ( / nəˈvædəˌ - vɑː -/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, [4] [5] Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [c] 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 7th-most extensive, the 32nd ...
Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. Nevada is the driest state in the United States. It is made up of mostly desert and semi-arid climate regions, and, with the exception of the Las Vegas Valley, the average summer diurnal temperature range approaches 40 °F (22 °C) in much of the state. While winters in northern ...
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, but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2).
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 ...
Genoa / dʒəˈnoʊ.ə / [a] is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. [5] Founded in 1851, [6] it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson River Valley and is approximately 42 miles (68 km) south of Reno. [7] The population was 939 at the 2010 census. [8]
Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the 6th most populous city in the state. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada, about 30 miles (50 km) south ...
Empire is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, with a population estimated at 65 (2021). [3] Prior to the 2010 census it was part of the Gerlach–Empire census-designated place, it is now part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearest town, Nixon, is 60 miles (97 km) to ...
Territory of Utah, 1850–1896. Nataqua Territory (extralegal), 1856-1861. Territory of Nevada, 1861–1864. Nevada Organic Act, March 2, 1861 [1] Western 53 miles of the Utah Territory is transferred to the Territory of Nevada, July 14, 1862. Nevada Enabling Act, March 21, 1864 [2] State of Nevada since 1864.