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Nevada Counties
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Nevada Counties
There are sixteen 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
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Esmeralda County, Nevada
Esmeralda County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Goldfield
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 3,589
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Court House: P. O. Box 517
County Courthouse
Goldfield, NV 89013-0517
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The name means emerald in Spanish, given to the mining district by J. M. Corey, an explorer of the area.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
November 25, 1861 - The name means emerald in Spanish, given to the mining district by J. M. Corey, an explorer of the area.
Esmeralda grew from a gold mining boom in the first years of the 20th century. The mines were largely tapped out
by the end of the 1910s and the economy and population declined afterwards.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,589 square miles (9,295 kmē), of which,
3,588 square miles (9,294 kmē) of it is land and 0 square miles (1 kmē) of it (0.01%) is water. A very small part of
Death Valley National Park lies in its southeast corner.
The county is dominated by the Silver Peak and Monte Cristo mountain ranges.
Neighboring Counties:
- Mineral County - northwest
- Nye County - east
- Inyo County, California - south
- Mono County, California - west
Cities and Towns:
- Goldfield (County
Seat)
County Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our 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." |
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