Founded in 1869, White Pine County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, White Pine County was formed from Lander County. The city of Ely is the county seat. With FIPS code of 33, White Pine County has a population of 9,182 and area of 8,877 square miles (22,991 km2). List…
Category: Guide to Nevada
Nevada – Named after the Spanish for snow cover, is home to rich silver deposits and is therefore also known as the “Silver State”. This state was explored by the Spaniards in 1776 and explored in 1825-1826 under the direction of fur trader Peter Skene Ogden. The first settlers were Mormons who settled there in 1849. In 1864 Nevada became the 36th state in the United States. The capital is Carson City. The main attractions are: Las Vegas, Reno, Virginia City and the Hoover Dam.
Cities and Towns in Washoe County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Washoe County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Washoe County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Reno is the county seat. With FIPS code of 31, Washoe County has a population of 493,392 and area of 6,342 square miles (16,426 km2). List of…
Cities and Towns in Storey County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Storey County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Storey County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Virginia City is the county seat. With FIPS code of 29, Storey County has a population of 4,143 and area of 264 square miles (684 km2). List…
Cities and Towns in Pershing County, Nevada
Founded in 1919, Pershing County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Pershing County was formed from Humboldt County. The city of Lovelock is the county seat. With FIPS code of 27, Pershing County has a population of 6,741 and area of 6,009 square miles (15,563 km2). List of all cities…
Cities and Towns in Nye County, Nevada
Founded in 1864, Nye County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Nye County was formed from Esmeralda County. The city of Tonopah is the county seat. With FIPS code of 23, Nye County has a population of 53,450 and area of 18,147 square miles (47,001 km2). List of all cities…
Cities and Towns in Mineral County, Nevada
Founded in 1911, Mineral County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Mineral County was formed from Esmeralda County. The city of Hawthorne is the county seat. With FIPS code of 21, Mineral County has a population of 4,586 and area of 3,757 square miles (9,731 km2). List of all cities…
Cities and Towns in Lyon County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Lyon County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Lyon County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Yerington is the county seat. With FIPS code of 19, Lyon County has a population of 60,903 and area of 1,994 square miles (5,164 km2). List of…
Cities and Towns in Lincoln County, Nevada
Founded in 1866, Lincoln County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Lincoln County was formed from Nye County and territory ceded by Arizona. The city of Pioche is the county seat. With FIPS code of 17, Lincoln County has a population of 4,525 and area of 10,635 square miles (27,545…
Cities and Towns in Lander County, Nevada
Founded in 1862, Lander County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Lander County was formed from Churchill County & Humboldt County. The city of Battle Mountain is the county seat. With FIPS code of 15, Lander County has a population of 5,734 and area of 5,798 square miles (15,017 km2)….
Cities and Towns in Humboldt County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Humboldt County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Humboldt County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Winnemucca is the county seat. With FIPS code of 13, Humboldt County has a population of 17,648 and area of 9,658 square miles (25,014 km2). List of…
Cities and Towns in Eureka County, Nevada
Founded in 1873, Eureka County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Eureka County was formed from Lander County. The city of Eureka is the county seat. With FIPS code of 11, Eureka County has a population of 1,903 and area of 4,176 square miles (10,816 km2). List of all cities…
Cities and Towns in Esmeralda County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Esmeralda County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Esmeralda County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Goldfield is the county seat. With FIPS code of 9, Esmeralda County has a population of 743 and area of 3,589 square miles (9,295 km2). List of…
Cities and Towns in Elko County, Nevada
Founded in 1869, Elko County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Elko County was formed from Lander County. The city of Elko is the county seat. With FIPS code of 7, Elko County has a population of 53,915 and area of 17,182 square miles (44,501 km2). List of all cities…
Cities and Towns in Douglas County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Douglas County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Douglas County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Minden is the county seat. With FIPS code of 5, Douglas County has a population of 49,870 and area of 710 square miles (1,839 km2). List of…
Cities and Towns in Clark County, Nevada
Founded in 1909, Clark County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Clark County was formed from Lincoln County. The city of Las Vegas is the county seat. With FIPS code of 3, Clark County has a population of 2,292,476 and area of 7,911 square miles (20,489 km2). List of all…
Cities and Towns in Churchill County, Nevada
Founded in 1861, Churchill County is one of 16 counties in the state of Nevada. Historically, Churchill County was one of the 7 original counties. The city of Fallon is the county seat. With FIPS code of 1, Churchill County has a population of 25,723 and area of 4,929 square miles (12,766 km2). List of…
Cities and Towns in Carson City, Nevada
Founded in 1969, Carson City is an independent city in the state of Nevada. With FIPS code of 510, Carson City has a population of 58,993 and area of 144 square miles (373 km2). List of all cities in Carson City County, NV alphabetically City/Town Postal Code Area Code Carson City, NV 89701 775 89702…
Nevada Holidays
Nevada State Holidays Searching for the public holidays in Nevada? Most public holidays in Nevada are treated like Sundays. This means that most of the Nevada employees have a day off and all schools are closed on these office holidays. If you are planning a trip to Nevada and want to know what the national…
List of Cities and Towns in Nevada
There are a total of 99 towns and cities in the state of Nevada. Top 10 biggest cities by population are Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas, Sparks, Carson City, Fernley, Elko, Mesquite, and Boulder City while top ten largest cities by land area are Boulder City, Carson City, Las Vegas, Fernley, Henderson, Reno,…
List of All Counties in Nevada
There are a total of 17 counties in the state of Nevada. Among them, Churchill County is the oldest one (established in 1861) while Carson City is the youngest (established in 1969). With population of 2,204,079, Clark County is the most populated. The biggest county by land area is Nye County (47,001 km2) and the…
Nevada Zip Codes
As of 2020, the state of Nevada has a total of 213 postal codes. In the table below, you can see all Nevada zip codes listed by city, town and village as well as county affiliated. With 99 cities (and towns) and 17 counties (and county-equivalents), Nevada is the 32nd largest state by population (2,940,058)…
Nevada Airports
As of 2019, there are 27 airports throughout the state of Nevada according to IATA and ICAO. Through the table below, you can find name of each airport, its abbreviation, city location, and size. Airports in Nevada are listed in alphabetical order. Please note that some airports serve internationally, while the other only serve domestically….