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

Nevada (/nə.ˈvæd.ə/ ^ⓘ, nə-VAD-ə; Spanish: [ne.ˈβa.ða] ^ⓘ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States. It borders Idaho to the northeast, Oregon to the northwest, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive and the 31st-most populous U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area. 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; as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". 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).

Nevada is known for its libertarian laws. In 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populous state, Wyoming. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century. Nevada is the only U.S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in its most populated regions – Clark County (Las Vegas), Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City (which, as an independent city, is not within the boundaries of any county). The tourism industry remains Nevada's largest employer, with mining continuing as a substantial sector of the economy: Nevada is the fourth-largest producer of gold in the world. (Full article...)

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Beatty (/ˈbeɪti/ BAYT-ee) is an unincorporated town along the Amargosa River in Nye County, Nevada, United States. U.S. Route 95 runs through the town, which lies between Tonopah, about 90 miles (140 km) to the north and Las Vegas, about 120 miles (190 km) to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about 8 miles (13 km) to the west.

Before the arrival of non-indigenous people in the 19th century, the region was home to groups of Western Shoshone. Established in 1905, the community was named after Montillus (Montillion) Murray "Old Man" Beatty, who settled on a ranch in the Oasis Valley in 1896 and became Beatty's first postmaster. With the arrival of the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad in 1905, the town became a railway center for the Bullfrog Mining District, including mining towns such as nearby Rhyolite. Starting in the 1940s, Nellis Air Force Base and other federal installations contributed to the town's economy as did tourism related to Death Valley National Park and the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment center. (Full article...)

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Rachel is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 48. As the closest settlement to the Nellis Air Force Range and Area 51, Rachel enjoys a modest celebrity status, particularly among aviation enthusiasts and UFO hunters. (Full article...)

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Image 1MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 22024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada
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Republican
(from Nevada)
Image 3The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 4Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 5Nevada quarter (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 7The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 8Largest alone or combination ethnic origin by county in Nevada, per the 2020 census (from Nevada)
Image 9The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 10Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 11The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 12Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 13Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 14Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991–2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 15Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 16Largest alone or combination ethnic origin by county in Nevada, per the 2020 census (from Nevada)
Image 17Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 18Map 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 19Goldstrike (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 20Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 21Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 22Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 23Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 242024 U.S. presidential election results by county in Nevada
Democratic
Republican
(from Nevada)
Image 25Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 26Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 27State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 28Party Registration by County in Nevada (February 2025):
  Republican ≥ 30%
  Republican ≥ 40%
  Republican ≥ 50%
  Republican ≥ 60%
  Unaffiliated ≥ 30%
(from Nevada)
Image 29Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 30Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 31The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 32A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 33U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 34Nevada territory in 1861 (from 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 37East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 38The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 39U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 40Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 41Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 42Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 43A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 44MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 45Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 46Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 47Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 48Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 49Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 50A 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)

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... that a subcontractor working on the tower of a Nevada TV station recorded footage of the PEPCON disaster as it unfolded nearby?
... that Nevada City Firehouse No. 2 was built after the city burned five times within ten years?
... that a Nevada radio station once had a show that played Tongan music?

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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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