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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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Mineral County, Nevada
Mineral County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Hawthorne
Year Organized: 1911
Square Miles: 3,757 |
Court House: P.O. Box 1450
County Courthouse
Hawthorne, NV 89415-1450
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for the many mineral deposits in the area.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Created out of northern Esmeralda County - February 10, 1911 - Named for the many mineral deposits in the area. Seat: Hawthorne, named for William Hawthorne, a rancher and early justice of the peace; served as constable in Carson City.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,813 square miles (9,876 kmē), of which,
3,756 square miles (9,729 kmē) of it is land and 57 square miles (146 kmē) of it (1.48%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Lyon County, Nevada - northwest
- Churchill County, Nevada - north
- Nye County, Nevada - northeast
- Esmeralda County, Nevada - southeast
- Mono County, California - southwest
Cities and Towns:
- Hawthorne (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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