List of U.S. County Secession Proposals - Nevada

Nevada

• Residents of Nye County, Nevada, mainly in Pahrump, Nevada and Tonopah, Nevada, have pushed as recently as 2001 for a north-south county split, perhaps with the northern portion merging with Esmeralda County, Nevada. While laws making it easier to form new counties have passed since then, this split has not occurred. Nye is the largest county in Nevada and the third largest in the entire U.S., although over 90% is federal land.