List of counties in Nevada

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The US state of Nevada is divided into 16 counties . The capital, Carson City, is an independent city but is treated the same as a county according to the US Census Bureau .

On November 25, 1861, Nevada was first divided into nine counties. Nevada joined the United States on October 31, 1864, with eleven counties by then. In 1969 Ormsby County and the city of Carson City were merged and made an independent city. Carson City is the capital of Nevada, but the largest and most famous city in Nevada is Las Vegas .

The FIPS code for Nevada is 32, the symbol NV.

Alphabetical list

county	FIPS code	County Seat	Founded	origin	Origin of name	Population (2000)	surface	map
Carson City	510	( Independent city )	1969	Founded in 1858, merged with surrounding Ormsby County in 1969 .	After the Carson River , which takes its name from Christopher Houston (Kit) Carson (1809–1868), a pioneer and soldier.	52,457	373 km² ( 144 sq mi)
Churchill County	001	Fallon	1861	One of the originally built counties	Sylvester Churchill (1783–1862), a general in the American-Mexican War .	23,982	12,766 km² ( 4,929 sq mi)
Clark County	003	Las Vegas	1908	From parts of Lincoln County	William A. Clark (1839–1925), Senator Montanas and builder of a railway line through the area.	1,375,765	20,489 km² ( 7,911 sq mi)
Douglas County	005	Minden	1861	One of the originally built counties	Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813–1861), Illinois Senator.	41,259	1,839 km² ( 710 sq mi)
Elko County	007	Electrolytic capacitor	1869	From parts of Lander County	"White woman" in the Shoshone language . Legend says that it was here that the Shoshoni first saw a white woman.	45.291	44,501 km² ( 17,182 sq mi)
Esmeralda County	009	Goldfield	1861	One of the originally built counties	Esmeralda Mining District because reportedly there are large quantities of emeralds in what is now Nevada . Esmeralda is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "emerald".	971	9,295 km² ( 3,589 sq mi)
Eureka County	011	Eureka	1873	Lander County	Greek Eureka ( Eureka ) "I found it!", Based on the silver deposits in the area.	1,651	10,816 km² ( 4,176 sq mi)
Humboldt County	013	Winnemucca	1861	One of the originally built counties	Humboldt River , which takes its name from Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), a German explorer.	16,106	24,988 km² ( 9,648 sq mi)
Lander County	015	Battle Mountain	1861	One of the originally built counties	Frederick W. Lander (1821–1862), general in the American Civil War.	5,794	14,229 km² ( 5,494 sq mi)
Lincoln County	017	Pioche	1866	From parts of Nye County and areas of Arizona.	Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).	4.165	27,545 km² ( 10,635 sq mi)
Lyon County	019	Yerington	1861	One of the originally built counties	General Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), who died in the Battle of Wilson's Creek .	34,501	5,164 km² ( 1,994 sq mi)
Mineral County	021	Hawthorne	1911	From parts of Esmeralda County	Mineral finds in the area gave it its name.	5,071	9,731 km² ( 3,757 sq mi)
Nye County	023	Tonopah	1864	From parts of Esmeralda County	James W. Nye (1815–1876), Governor of the Nevada Territory and later Senator of Nevada.	32,485	47,001 km² ( 18,147 sq mi)
Pershing County	027	Lovelock	1919	From parts of Humboldt County	John Joseph (Black Jack) Pershing (1860–1948), General in World War I.	6,693	15,563 km² ( 6,009 sq mi)
Storey County	029	Virginia City	1861	One of the originally built counties	Edward Farris Storey (1829-1860), who died on Pyramid Lake during the Pyramid Lake War with the Indians.	3,399	684 km² ( 264 sq mi)
Washoe County	031	Reno	1861	One of the originally built counties	The Washoe are a small Indian tribe living in the area.	339.486	16,426 km² ( 6,342 sq mi)
White Pine County	033	Ely	1869	From parts of Lander County	The large occurrence of pine trees (English "pine trees") in the area gave it its name. They were thought to be white pines .	10,030	22,991 km² ( 8,877 sq mi)

Former counties

• Bullfrog County , formed from parts of Nye County in 1987, but reversed in 1989 when the establishment was declared illegal.
• Lake County, Nevada , one of the original nine counties, was renamed Roop County in 1862 and then split into Lassen County , California in 1864, with the remaining part being incorporated into Washoe County in 1883.
• Ormsby County , one of the original nine counties. Merged with Carson City in 1869 to form the independent city of that name.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Political History of Nevada . In: Nevada State Library and Archives. . Archived from the original on January 17th, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 17, 2007. 
2. ↑ EPA County FIPS Code Listing . In: EPA.gov . Retrieved February 23, 2008.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} NACo - Find a county . National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2007.
4. ^ Counties of Nevada . In: Nevada-History.org . Retrieved August 18, 2007.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Nevada Quick Facts . In: US Census Bureau . Retrieved August 16, 2007 (2000 Census)