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

Nevada (/nəˈvædə, -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 seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-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. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

Native Americans 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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Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us was an American Facebook event that took place on and around September 20, 2019, in the desert surrounding Area 51, a highly-classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range.

The event, created as a sardonic shitpost by Matty Roberts on June 27, 2019, asked Facebook users to band together and raid the site in a search for extraterrestrial life that conspiracy-theory lore claims may be concealed inside. More than 2 million people responded "going" and 1.5 million "interested" on the event's page, which subsequently attracted widespread media attention and caused the event to become an Internet meme. Roberts later stated his intentions for the event had been purely comedic, and disavowed responsibility for any casualties had there been any actual attempt to raid the military base. (Full article...)

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Mt. Rose looking North from SR431, December 2008

Mount Rose is the highest mountain in Washoe County, within the Carson Range of Nevada, United States. It ranks thirty-seventh among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state. It is also both the highest and most topographically prominent peak of the greater Sierra Nevada range within the state of Nevada, and the third most topographically prominent peak in the Sierra Nevada overall. It is located in the Mount Rose Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. An extinct volcano, the mountain is in between Lake Tahoe and Reno. State Route 431 traverses Mount Rose Summit southeast of Mount Rose. Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow. The view from Mount Rose facing east is the Truckee Meadows, the second largest population center in Nevada.

According to one tradition, the peak was named after Jacob S, Rose, an early settler, while another tradition states the mountain has the name of Rose Hickman, an early explorer. (Full article...)

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Image 1Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from History of Nevada)
Image 2Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 3Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 4The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 5Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 6Mexico in 1824. Alta California included today's Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 7Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 8Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 9The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 10The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 11Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 12Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 13Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 14Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 15Topographic map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 16Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 17Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 18U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 19Downtown Reno (from Nevada)
Image 20Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 21The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 22The 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 23Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 24MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 25Bottle house in the mining ghost town of Rhyolite; built in 1906 with about 50,000 bottles (from Nevada)
Image 26Lake Tahoe on the Nevada–California border (from Nevada)
Image 27East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 28Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 29Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 30Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 31The quartzite of Doso Doyabi in Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 32Cattle near the Bruneau River in Elko County (from Nevada)
Image 33Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs; researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. (from History of Nevada)
Image 34Flag of Nevada, 1905–1915 (from History of Nevada)
Image 35Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 36Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 37Mountains west of Las Vegas in the Mojave Desert (from Nevada)
Image 38Ruins of an early 20th-century mill, Winnemucca Mountain (from History of Nevada)
Image 39East Las Vegas suburbs (from Nevada)
Image 40MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment (from Nevada)
Image 41A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 42Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 43The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 44Great Basin National Park (from Nevada)
Image 45Ethnic origins in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 46Sculpture representing a steam locomotive, in Ely, Nevada. Early locomotives played an important part in Nevada's mining industry. (from Nevada)
Image 47U.S. Route 50, also known as "The Loneliest Road in America" (from Nevada)
Image 48Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 49A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 50Nevada quarter (from Nevada)
Image 51Map of the States of California and Nevada by SB Linton, 1876 (from Nevada)
Image 52Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 53Map 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 54The Nevada State Legislative Building in Carson City (from Nevada)
Image 55Köppen climate types of Nevada, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Nevada)
Image 56State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 57The Las Vegas Strip looking South (from Nevada)
Image 58State route shield (from Nevada)
Image 59The 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 60Little Finland rock formation in Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 61Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 62A valley near Pyramid Lake (from Nevada)
Image 63Nevada territory in 1861 (from Nevada)
Image 64Ranching in Washoe County (from Nevada)
Image 65Mount Charleston (from Nevada)
Image 66The Winnemucca Sand Dunes, north of Winnemucca (from Nevada)
Image 67Goldstrike (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 68Majority/plurality party in each Nevada county (February 2023):
  Democrat >= 30%
  Republican >= 30%
  Republican >= 40%
  Republican >= 50%
  Republican >= 60%
(from Nevada)
Image 69A map that details the federal land in southern Nevada, showing Nellis Air Force Base Complex and Nevada Test Site (from Nevada)
Image 70Carson City Mint in Carson City. Carson City is an independent city and the capital of Nevada. (from Nevada)
Image 71Valley of Fire State Park (from Nevada)
Image 72Map 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 73The courthouse of the Supreme Court of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 74Population density map of Nevada (from Nevada)
Image 75A 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 76Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Calico basin (from Nevada)
Image 77Goldstrike (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)

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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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Largest cities

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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