Welcome to Douglas County
Douglas County holds the first permanent settlement in Nevada. The town of Genoa was originally settled in 1851 by Mormon traders selling goods to settlers on their way to California. Named for Stephen A. Douglas, famous for his 1860 Presidential campaign and debates with Abraham Lincoln, Douglas County was one of the first nine counties formed in 1861 by the Nevada territorial legislature.
The Virginia & Truckee Railway, by terminating where it did in 1906, was the catalyst for the new village of Minden which became the county seat. The town was named after Minden, Germany, near the birthplace of H.F. Dangberg. There is no question that the Dangbergs made the town. The Dangberg Company presented a plan of the town of Minden to the Douglas County Commissioners in July of 1906.
Stretching from Carson Valley and running up into the Sierra Nevada, the county is bordered on the west by California, and contains about 13.2% of Lake Tahoe, which is split across the two states. Carson City, the state capital, lies to the north, and Lyon County to the east. The county also lies within the Greater Sacramento area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,997. its county seat is Minden.
Census
Neighbors -
Carson City, Nevada - north;
Lyon County, Nevada - east;
Mono County, California - southeast;
Alpine County, California - south;
El Dorado County, California - west;
Placer County, California - northwest
Sources
Updated December 2014
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