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Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædəˌ -vɑː-/ ^ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -⁠VAH-, Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the 9th-least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of the monetary support of nearly $400 million in silver ore generated at the time by the Comstock Lode. It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in Spanish, referring to Nevada's small overlap with the Sierra Nevada mountain range; however, the rest of Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. About 86% of the state's land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

American Indians of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia). (Full article...)

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Aerial view of Lunar Crater and surrounding vents

Lunar Crater volcanic field is a volcanic field in Nye County, Nevada. It lies along the Reveille and Pancake Ranges and consists of over 200 vents, mostly small volcanic cones with associated lava flows but also several maars, including one maar named Lunar Crater. Some vents have been eroded so heavily that the structures underneath the volcanoes have been exposed. Lunar Crater itself has been used as a testing ground for Mars rovers and as training ground for astronauts.

The volcanic field has formed on top of older, Oligocene to Miocene age volcanic rocks and calderas, but its own activity commenced only about 6 million years ago. The reasons for the volcanic activity there are not well known. The volcanic field has produced various types of basaltic magma and also trachyte; the most recent eruption was about 38,000 years ago and renewed activity is possible. (Full article...)

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Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She was the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.

Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, appearing in the films Troop Beverly Hills (1989) and The Wizard (1989) and the television series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–93). In the mid-1990s, Lewis semi-retired from acting to focus on her musical career, and formed Rilo Kiley in 1998 with fellow former child actor Blake Sennett. Rilo Kiley released four albums before they disbanded in 2014. (Full article...)

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Image 1Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 2Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 3A burro-drawn wagon hauling lumber and supplies into Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1904. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. (from History of Nevada)
Image 4Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 5A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 6U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 7Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 8Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 9Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
Legend
- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 10Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 11Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 12Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 13East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 14Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 15Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 16The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 17A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 18Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 19Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 20Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 21Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 22The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 23Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 24The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 25MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 26Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 27Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 28Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 29Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 30Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 31Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 32Map of counties in Nevada by racial plurality, per the 2020 census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    30–40%
  
    50–60%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
(from Nevada)
Image 33East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 34Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 35Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 36Goldstrike (Post-Betze) Mine in the Carlin Trend, the largest Carlin-type deposit in the world, containing more than 35,000,000 troy ounces (1,100 t) gold (from Nevada)
Image 37Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 38Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 39The Nevada 1861 territory boundary (blue) changed three times: 1864 statehood shifted eastern border from 39th to 38th meridian, 1866 May 5; east border (pink) moved eastward 53.3 mi (85.8 km), from the 38th to 37th meridian, and 1867 January 18; south boundary (yellow) moved from the 37th parallel north southward to the current boundary (14 Stat. 43) (from History of Nevada)
Image 40State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 41Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 42Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 43Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 44MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 45State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 46Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 47The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 48Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 49Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 50Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 51Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 52Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 53Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 54Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 55The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 56Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 57Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 58A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 59The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 60The 1931 gambling law helped enable the explosive growth of the Las Vegas area, where the population grew from five thousand in 1930 to over two million by 2013. (from History of Nevada)
Image 61The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 62Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 63Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 64Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 65Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 66Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 67Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 68Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 69Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 70The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 71U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 72A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 73Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 74Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 75The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 76Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 77The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)

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... that in 1974, a hoard of more than 400,000 silver dollars was discovered in Nevada?
... that Lincoln Fitzgerald survived a 1949 murder attempt and went on to run three Nevada casinos?
... that a Nevada radio station named "Sexy" blew into town with a windstorm?

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Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area (2020)		Population density	Incorporation date
Name	Type	County	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	sq mi	km²	Population density	Incorporation date
Boulder City	City	Clark	14,885	15,023	−0.9%	208.52	540.1	71.4/sq mi (27.6/km²)	October 1, 1959
Reno†	City	Washoe	264,165	225,221	+17.3%	108.77	281.7	2,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km²)	March 16, 1903
Caliente	City	Lincoln	990	1,130	−12.4%	1.87	4.8	529.4/sq mi (204.4/km²)	October 1, 1959
Carlin	City	Elko	2,050	2,368	−13.4%	10.44	27.0	196.4/sq mi (75.8/km²)	October 22, 1925
Carson City‡	—	None	58,639	55,274	+6.1%	144.66	374.7	405.4/sq mi (156.5/km²)	March 1, 1875
Elko†	City	Elko	20,564	18,297	+12.4%	17.64	45.7	1,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km²)	March 14, 1917
Ely†	City	White Pine	3,924	4,255	−7.8%	7.64	19.8	513.6/sq mi (198.3/km²)	July 20, 1907
Fallon†	City	Churchill	9,327	8,606	+8.4%	3.63	9.4	2,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km²)	December 18, 1908
Fernley	City	Lyon	22,895	19,368	+18.2%	122.12	316.3	187.5/sq mi (72.4/km²)	July 1, 2001
Henderson	City	Clark	317,610	257,729	+23.2%	107.73	279.0	2,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km²)	June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†	City	Clark	641,903	583,756	+10.0%	135.81	351.7	4,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km²)	March 16, 1905

‡ State capital and independent city

† County seat

See List of cities in Nevada for a full list.

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