Alphabetical List
| County |
FIPS code |
County seat |
Created |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
| Carson City | 510 | (Independent city) | 1969 | Founded 1858, consolidated with rump Ormsby county in 1969. | Carson River, named in turn for Christopher Houston (Kit) Carson, the frontier scout and soldier. | 700452457000000000052,457 | 7002144000000000000144 mi² (373 km²) |
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| Churchill County | 001 | Fallon | 1861 | Original | Sylvester Churchill, a general in the Mexican–American War. | 700423982000000000023,982 | 70034929000000000004,929 sq mi (700412766000000000012,766 km2) |
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| Clark County | 003 | Las Vegas | 1908 | Lincoln County | William A. Clark, former United States Senator from Montana, and builder of a railroad line through the area. | 70061375765000000001,375,765 | 70037911000000000007,911 sq mi (700420489000000000020,489 km2) |
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| Douglas County | 005 | Minden | 1861 | Original | Stephen Arnold Douglas, former United States Senator from Illinois. | 700441259000000000041,259 | 7002710000000000000710 sq mi (70031839000000000001,839 km2) |
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| Elko County | 007 | Elko | 1869 | Lander County | A Shoshoni word meaning white woman. It is said, among the very old Shoshoni, that this is where they first saw a white woman. | 700445291000000000045,291 | 700417182000000000017,182 sq mi (700444501000000000044,501 km2) |
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| Esmeralda County | 009 | Goldfield | 1861 | Original | Esmeralda Mining District, named in turn for the legend that a massive amount of emeralds was buried in what is now Nevada. Esmeralda is the Spanish and Portuguese word for emerald. | 7002971000000000000971 | 70033589000000000003,589 sq mi (70039295000000000009,295 km2) |
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| Eureka County | 011 | Eureka | 1873 | Lander County | Greek expression Eureka, meaning I have found it!, in reference to deposits of silver found in the vicinity. | 70031651000000000001,651 | 70034176000000000004,176 sq mi (700410816000000000010,816 km2) |
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| Humboldt County | 013 | Winnemucca | 1861 | Original | Humboldt River, named in turn for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and explorer. | 700416106000000000016,106 | 70039648000000000009,648 sq mi (700424988000000000024,988 km2) |
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| Lander County | 015 | Battle Mountain | 1861 | Original | Frederick W. Lander, an American Civil War general and developer of the area. | 70035794000000000005,794 | 70035494000000000005,494 sq mi (700414229000000000014,229 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 017 | Pioche | 1866 | Nye County and territory ceded by Arizona. | Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. | 70034165000000000004,165 | 700410635000000000010,635 sq mi (700427545000000000027,545 km2) |
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| Lyon County | 019 | Yerington | 1861 | Original | General Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed in action at the Battle of Wilson's Creek. | 700434501000000000034,501 | 70031994000000000001,994 sq mi (70035164000000000005,164 km2) |
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| Mineral County | 021 | Hawthorne | 1911 | Esmeralda County | Mineral deposits in the area. | 70035071000000000005,071 | 70033757000000000003,757 sq mi (70039731000000000009,731 km2) |
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| Nye County | 023 | Tonopah | 1864 | Esmeralda County | James W. Nye, a governor of the Nevada Territory and U.S. senator from Nevada. | 700432485000000000032,485 | 700418147000000000018,147 sq mi (700447001000000000047,001 km2) |
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| Pershing County | 027 | Lovelock | 1919 | Humboldt County | John Joseph (Black Jack) Pershing, the World War I general. | 70036693000000000006,693 | 70036009000000000006,009 sq mi (700415563000000000015,563 km2) |
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| Storey County | 029 | Virginia City | 1861 | Original | Edward Farris Storey, a captain killed at Pyramid Lake in the 1860 Paiute War. | 70033399000000000003,399 | 7002264000000000000264 sq mi (7002684000000000000684 km2) |
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| Washoe County | 031 | Reno | 1861 | Original | The Washo, a small Indian tribe that inhabits the area. | 7005339486000000000339,486 | 70036342000000000006,342 sq mi (700416426000000000016,426 km2) |
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| White Pine County | 033 | Ely | 1869 | Lander County | Heavy growth of pine trees in the area, thought to be white pine. | 700410030000000000010,030 | 70038877000000000008,877 sq mi (700422991000000000022,991 km2) |
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