Beatty (Nevada)
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 Downtown Beatty |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nevada |
| County : | Nye County |
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 55 ′ N , 116 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 1,154 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 2.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 454.9 km 2 (approx. 176 mi 2 ) of which 454.9 km 2 (approx. 176 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 1008 m |
| Postal code : | 89003 |
| Area code : | +1 775 |
| FIPS : | 32-05100 |
| GNIS ID : | 0845356 |
| Website : | www.beattynv.com |
Beatty ( IPA : beɪdɪ) is a small community in northwest Nye County in the US state of Nevada . Beatty had 1154 inhabitants in 2000. It is located on the Amargosa River .
The parish was named after Montillus Beatty, a settler who owned a ranch in the area. From this a stop developed after 1890 for travelers from Las Vegas to Goldfield and finally the small community of Beatty. In 1905 Beatty was connected to the then gold rush town of Rhyolite by a railway line - it no longer exists today - as the place had meanwhile become a supply base for Rhyolite gold mines.
Beatty is the preferred place to stay for test engineers from large German automobile companies who test their vehicle prototypes with so-called " Erlkönigen " in the adjacent Death Valley National Park in continuous load drives.
geography
Beatty is 3320 feet (1012 meters) above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has an area of 454.9 km 2 , all of which is land.
Demographics
The United States Census 2000 counted 1154 residents in 535 households and 270 families in Beatty. The population density was 2.5 inhabitants / km². The number of residential units was 740, which corresponds to a density of 1.6 apartments / km².
Beatty population in 2000 was 90.90% White , 0.09% African American , 1.47% Native American , 1.21% Asian , 1.21% of other races, and 3.21% of two or more races. 8.93% of the population declared themselves to be Hispanic or Latino at the census .
Children under the age of 18 lived in 26.9% of households and married couples lived together in 39.8% of households, 6.9% of households had a female head without a husband present, and 49.5% of households were non-families. 43.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone 65 years of age or older living alone. The average household size was 2.16 people and the average family consisted of 3.04 people.
Of the population, 26.1% were under 18 years of age, 5.6% were in the 18 to 24 age group, 24.7% were between 25 and 44 years old and 29.5% were between 45 and 64 years old. 14.0% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 women there were 119.4 men; For every 100 women over 18, there were 121.6 men.
The average income per household was 41,250 US $ and the median family income was 52,639 US $. The men had an average income of $ 44,438, compared to $ 25,962 for women. The per capita income was US $ 16,971. About 10.4% of families and 13.4% of the population are below the poverty line ; this affected 7.1% of those under 18 years of age and 19.6% of those aged 65 or over.
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- Death Valley - A travel report http://www.lalasreisen.de/ Amerika/html/ hlv_death_valley.html
- Deke Castleman: Nevada Handbook, 1989 ISBN 0-918373-63-8
