County Index

Map of Counties

County Name County Seat Year Founded 2010 Population Size in Miles County Coordinator
Carson City
(Ormsby County from 1861 - 1969)
Carson City 1969 55,274 146  
Churchill Fallon 1861 24,877 5023 Sharon McConnel
Clark Las Vegas 1908 1,951,269 8091  
Douglas Minden 1861 46,997 738  
Elko Elko 1869 48,818 17203  
Esmeralda Goldfield 1861 783 3589  
Eureka Eureka 1869 1,987 4180 Sharon McConnel
Humboldt Winnemucca 1856/1861 16,528 9658  
Lander Battle Mountain 1861 5,775 5519  
Lincoln Pioche 1866 5,345 10637  
Lyon Yerington 1861 51,980 2016  
Mineral Hawthorne 1911 4,772 3813  
Nye Tonopah 1864 43,946 18159  
Ormsby County from 1861 - 1969 - merged with Carson City
Pershing Lovelock 1919 6,753 6068  
Storey Virginia City 1861 4,010 264  
Washoe   Reno 1861 421,407 6551  
White Pine Ely 1869 10,030 8897  


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