Caliente (Nevada)
| Caliente | |
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| Nickname : City of Roses | |
 Location in Nevada
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1901 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Nevada |
| County : | Lincoln County |
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 37 ′ N , 114 ° 31 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 1,130 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 230.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.9 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 4.9 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 1343 m |
| Postal code : | 89008 |
| Area code : | +1 775 |
| FIPS : | 32-08500 |
| GNIS ID : | 0847266 |
Caliente is the smallest community in the US state of Nevada . It's in Lincoln County . The geographic coordinates are 37 ° 36'55 "north, 114 ° 30'51" west. One of the places of interest is Kershaw-Ryan State Park, which is located near the village .
Surname
The place name "Caliente" is a loan word from Spanish meaning "hot" . It comes from the nearby hot springs. The place is nicknamed City of Roses (Rose City ).
Geography and climate
Caliente has an area of 4.9 km², all of which is land. The climate is typical of the Nevada desert highlands. Winters are moderately cold, summers are very hot with large temperature jumps between day and night. The mean maximum in January is 40 ° F (4.44 ° C), in July the mean maximums are 90 ° F (32.2 ° C). Most of the precipitation falls between November and March and is due to the Pacific jet stream . Southern monsoon rains between mid-July and September can be accompanied by violent thunderstorms that suddenly raise the water in river beds and flood fords.
history
Caliente was founded in 1901 on the territory of the Culverwell Ranch owned by William and Charles Culverwell. The place was originally called Calientes , but workers removed the "s" at the post office, which opened that same year. In 1905 the Union Pacific Railroad line between Salt Lake City and Las Vegas was completed, to which Caliente owes its creation. In 1923, the station was built in the style of Spanish missionary architecture, and today it houses offices and a small historical museum. The population reached a maximum of 5,000 people, but then fell steadily, especially in the late 1940s with "dieselization", the conversion from steam to diesel locomotives.
Demographics
The United States Census 2000 counted 1123 residents in 408 households and 241 families in Caliente. The population density was 233.1 inhabitants / km². The number of residential units was 479, which corresponds to a density of 99.4 apartments / km².
The population of Calientes in 2000 was 87.27% White , 1.96% African American , 3.03% Native American , 0.62% Asian , 0.09% Pacific Islanders , and 3.56% other races and 3.47% from two or more races. 7.30% of the population declared themselves to be Hispano or Latino at the census .
Children under the age of 18 lived in 29.4% of households and married couples lived together in 46.1% of households, 11.8% of households had a female head without a husband present, and 40.9% of households were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 people and the average family consisted of 3.12 people.
Of the population, 39.1% were under 18 years old, 5.2% were in the 18 to 24 age group, 17.5% were between 25 and 44 years old and 21.9% were between 45 and 64 years old. 16.3% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 women there were 89.7 men; For every 100 women over 18, there were 85.4 men.
The average income per household was 25,833 US $ and the median family income was 38,667 US $. The men had an average income of $ 39,500, compared to $ 24,688 for women. The per capita income was US $ 20,555. About 17.3% of families and 22.3% of the population are below the poverty line ; this affected 31.4% of those under 18 years of age and 17.9% of those aged 65 or older.
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Individual evidence
- ^ WF Cottrell: Death by Dieselization: A Case Study in the Reaction to Technological Change , American Sociological Review, Vol. 16, 1951, Issue 3, pp. 358-365. ISSN 0003-1224