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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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Lyon County, Nevada
Lyon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Yerington
Year Organized: 1861
Square Miles: 1,994 |
Court House: 27 South Main Street
County Courthouse
Yerington, NV 89447-2571
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named in honor of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed in action at the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, near Springfield, MO. However, other historians claim it was in honor of Captain Robert Lyon who arrived in Nevada via wagon train June, 1850.
Demographics:
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History
November 25, 1861 - Named in honor of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed in action at the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, near Springfield, MO. However, other historians claim it was in honor of Captain Robert Lyon who arrived in Nevada via
wagon train June, 1850. Seat: Yerington (1911) for H. M. Yerington, one of the builders of the Virginia Truckee Railroad.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,016 square miles (5,222 kmē), of which,
1,994 square miles (5,164 kmē) of it is land and 23 square miles (59 kmē) of it (1.13%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Washoe County, Nevada - north
- Storey County, Nevada - northwest
- Churchill County, Nevada - east
- Douglas County, Nevada - west
- Carson City, Nevada - west
- Mineral County, Nevada - southeast
- Mono County, California - southwest
Cities and Towns:
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- Fernley |
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- Yerington
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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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