List of Nevada counties
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Nevada has 16 counties and one independent city. Seventy percent of Nevada's population lives in Clark County.
- Churchill County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- Clark County formed in 1908 from Lincoln county.
- Douglas County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- Elko County formed in 1869 from part of Lander county.
- Esmeralda County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- Eureka County formed in 1873 from part of Lander county.
- Humboldt County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- Lander County formed in 1862 from parts of Churchill and Humboldt counties.
- Lincoln County formed in 1866 from parts of Nye county and territory ceded by Arizona.
- Lyon County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- Mineral County created in 1911 from part of Esmeralda county.
- Nye County formed in 1864 from part of Esmeralda county.
- Pershing County formed in 1919 from part of Humboldt county.
- Storey County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- Washoe County one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
- White Pine County formed in 1869 from part of Lander county.
- Carson City (the state capital) formed in 1969 from Ormsby county.
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Defunct counties
Bullfrog County, Nevada formed in 1987 from part of Nye county. Abolished in 1989.
Lake County, Nevada one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861. Renamed Roop county in 1862. Annexed in 1883 to Washoe county.
Ormsby County, Nevada one of the original 9 counties formed in 1861.
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External link
- Nevada Association of Counties (http://www.nvnaco.org/NACo/)
- http://www.nsbdc.org/demographer/pubs/pop_increase.html
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Sources
- History of Nevada (http://nevada-history.org/county.html)
- Politic History of Nevada (http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/political/historical/hist19.htm)de:Liste der Counties in Nevada
fr:Comtés et cité indépendante de l'État du Nevada ja:ネバダ州の郡一覧
