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Lyon County was one of the nine original counties created on November 25, 1861. [2] It was named after Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union General to be killed in the Civil War. [3] Its first county seat was established at Dayton on November 29, 1861, [4] which had just changed its name from Nevada City in 1862, and which had been called Chinatown ...
Website. www.yerington.net. Yerington is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States. The population was 3,048 at the 2010 census. [5] It is the current county seat of Lyon County, with the first county seat having been established at Dayton on November 29, 1861. [6] It is named after Henry M. Yerington, superintendent of the Virginia and ...
The Yerington Paiute Tribe has a reservation, the Yerington Reservation and Trust Lands, in Lyon County, Nevada. The reservation was established in 1916 and 1936 and is 1,653 acres (6.69 km 2) large. In 1990, 354 tribal members lived on the reservation. The tribe had 659 enrolled members in 1992. [1] The larger Campbell Ranch section is located ...
FIPS code. 32-24900. GNIS feature ID. 0840446 [2] Website. www.cityoffernley.org. Fernley is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, and part of the Reno–Tahoe–Sparks metropolitan area CSA. The city was incorporated in 2001. The population of the city was 22,895 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th most populous city in Nevada.
61. Mound House is a small unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada on U.S. Route 50 that is situated between Nevada's capital, Carson City, and Dayton. Its elevation is 4,974 feet (1,516 m). [1] It is in Lyon County, one of eight Nevada counties that allow for legalized prostitution, and is home to four brothels.
The Wovoka Wilderness is a wilderness area in Lyon County in the state of Nevada in the United States. Part of Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, Wovoka Wilderness was designated part of the National Wilderness Preservation System in December 2014. [1] Totaling 49,018 acres (19,837 ha), [1] it is the largest remaining tract of wilderness in ...
Smith Valley is located in southwestern Lyon County at 38°49′9″N119°21′21″W / 38.81917°N 119.35583°W (38.819204, -119.355912), [ 4 ] occupying the valley of the same name. The valley is bordered to the west by the Pine Nut Mountains, to the north by the Buckskin Range, to the east by the Singatse Range, to the southwest by the ...
Contents. List of counties in Nevada. 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 ...