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 Click Image to Enlarge Nevada CountiesThere aresixteen Counties and one independent city in the state of Nevada. On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 with eleven counties. In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single municipal government known as Carson City. |
Churchill County, NevadaChurchill County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe name derived from Fort Churchill, a post office in Lyon County, established on October 9, 1860. The Fort was named in honor of General Sylvester Churchill, of Vermont. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryNovember 25th, 1861 - One of the first nine counties. The name derived from Fort Churchill, a post office in Lyon County, established on October 9, 1860. The Fort was named in honor of General Sylvester Churchill, of Vermont. Churchill County is the center of honey production for Nevada. Seat: Fallon. The turn of the century brought new hope for Churchill County as it's arid desert land became the focal point the nation's most ambitious reclamation projects - the Newlands Project of 1902, named after Senator Francis Newlands. A system of canals and dams was created diverting water to create thousands of acres of farmland. This project gave birth to Fallon, one of the few communities in the state founded entirely on farming. Fallon also started as a Post Office, July 24th, 1896, and was the fourth county seat. GeographyChurchill County is in northwestern Nevada in the southwestern United States. According to the U.S. Census
Bureau, the county has a total area of 5,023 square miles (13,010 kmē), of which, 4,929 square miles (12,766 kmē) of
it is land and 94 square miles (244 kmē) of it (1.88%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |