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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 (/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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Ruins of the Cook Bank building in Rhyolite, Nevada

Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. 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. (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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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
Reno†CityWashoe264,165 225,221 +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 City‡—None58,639 55,274 +6.1%144.66 374.7405.4/sq mi (156.5/km2)March 1, 1875
Elko†CityElko20,564 18,297 +12.4%17.64 45.71,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km2)March 14, 1917
Ely†CityWhite Pine3,924 4,255 −7.8%7.64 19.8513.6/sq mi (198.3/km2)July 20, 1907
Fallon†CityChurchill9,327 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 Vegas†CityClark641,903 583,756 +10.0%135.81 351.74,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km2)March 16, 1905

‡  State capital and independent city

†  County seat

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