Portal:Nevada

Panorama of the Ruby Mountains from Lamoille Summit along Nevada State Route 227 (2013)

Nevada (/nəˈvædə/ nə-VAD-ə; Spanish: [neˈβaða] ⓘ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state.

Nevada is officially known as the "Silver State" because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the "Battle Born State" because it achieved statehood during the Civil War (the words "Battle Born" also appear on its state flag); due to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, the Union benefited immensely from the support of newly awarded statehood by the infusion of the monetary support of nearly $400 million in silver ore generated at the time by the Comstock Lode. It is also known as the "Sagebrush State", for the native plant of the same name; and as the "Sage-hen State". The state's name means "snowy" in Spanish, referring to Nevada's extensive number of mountain ranges capped with snow in winter, which help make Nevada among the highest US states by mean altitude. These include the Carson Range portion of the Sierra Nevada (and about 1/3 of Lake Tahoe by surface area), as well as the Toiyabe Range, Ruby Mountains, and Spring Mountains (which exemplify the sky islands of the Great Basin montane forests), in western, central, northeastern, and southern Nevada, respectively. Nevada is the driest U.S. state, both lying in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada and receiving among the highest solar irradiance of any U.S. state, and is thus largely desert and semi-arid. Nevada comprises the majority of the Great Basin, as well as a large portion of the Mojave Desert. In 2020, 80.1% of the state's land was managed by various jurisdictions of the U.S. federal government, both civilian and military.

Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, and Washoe tribes inhabit what is now Nevada. The first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada (snowy) because of the snow which covered the mountains in winter, similar to the Sierra Nevada in Spain. The area formed from mostly Alta California and part of Nuevo México's territory within the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which gained independence as Mexico in 1821. The United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of the New Mexico and Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a population boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia). (Full article...)

Entries here consist of Good and Featured articles, which meet a core set of high editorial standards.
Hoover Dam by Ansel Adams, 1941

The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over 100 lives. Bills passed by Congress during its construction referred to it as Hoover Dam (after President Herbert Hoover), but the Roosevelt administration named it Boulder Dam. In 1947, Congress restored the name Hoover Dam.

Since about 1900, the Black Canyon and nearby Boulder Canyon had been investigated for their potential to support a dam that would control floods, provide irrigation water, and produce hydroelectric power. In 1928, Congress authorized the project. The winning bid to build the dam was submitted by a consortium named Six Companies, Inc., which began construction in early 1931. Such a large concrete structure had never been built before, and some of the techniques used were unproven. The torrid summer weather and lack of facilities near the site also presented difficulties. Nevertheless, Six Companies turned the dam over to the federal government on March 1, 1936, more than two years ahead of schedule. (Full article...)

List of recognized articles
Peaks around Ruby Dome

The Ruby Mountains (Shoshoni: 'Duka Doya', meaning “Snowcapped”) are a mountain range, primarily located within Elko County with a small extension into White Pine County, in Nevada, United States. Most of the range is included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The range reaches a maximum elevation of 11,387 feet (3,471 m) on the summit of Ruby Dome. To the north is Secret Pass and the East Humboldt Range, and from there the Rubies run south-southwest for about 80 miles (130 km). To the east lies Ruby Valley, and to the west lie Huntington and Lamoille Valleys. The Ruby Mountains are the only range of an introduced bird, the Himalayan snowcock, in North America. The mountain range was named after the garnets found by early explorers. The central core of the range shows extensive evidence of glaciation during recent ice ages, including U-shaped canyons, moraines, hanging valleys, and steeply carved granite mountains, cliffs, and cirques. (Full article...)

List of selected articles
The following are images from various Nevada-related articles on Wikipedia.
Name Type County Population
(2020)		 Population
(2010)		 Change Land area
(2020)		 Population density Incorporation date
sq mi km2
Boulder CityCityClark14,885 15,023 −0.9%208.52 540.171.4/sq mi (27.6/km2)October 1, 1959
Reno†CityWashoe264,165 225,221 +17.3%108.77 281.72,428.7/sq mi (937.7/km2)March 16, 1903
CalienteCityLincoln990 1,130 −12.4%1.87 4.8529.4/sq mi (204.4/km2)October 1, 1959
CarlinCityElko2,050 2,368 −13.4%10.44 27.0196.4/sq mi (75.8/km2)October 22, 1925
Carson City‡—None58,639 55,274 +6.1%144.66 374.7405.4/sq mi (156.5/km2)March 1, 1875
Elko†CityElko20,564 18,297 +12.4%17.64 45.71,165.8/sq mi (450.1/km2)March 14, 1917
Ely†CityWhite Pine3,924 4,255 −7.8%7.64 19.8513.6/sq mi (198.3/km2)July 20, 1907
Fallon†CityChurchill9,327 8,606 +8.4%3.63 9.42,569.4/sq mi (992.1/km2)December 18, 1908
FernleyCityLyon22,895 19,368 +18.2%122.12 316.3187.5/sq mi (72.4/km2)July 1, 2001
HendersonCityClark317,610 257,729 +23.2%107.73 279.02,948.2/sq mi (1,138.3/km2)June 8, 1953
Las Vegas†CityClark641,903 583,756 +10.0%135.81 351.74,726.5/sq mi (1,824.9/km2)March 16, 1905

‡  State capital and independent city

†  County seat

Select [►] to view subcategories
Nevada
Nevada-related lists
Communications in Nevada
Nevada culture
Economy of Nevada
Education in Nevada
Environment of Nevada
Nevada in fiction
Geography of Nevada
Government of Nevada
Health in Nevada
History of Nevada
Nevada law
Military in Nevada
Native American tribes in Nevada
Natural history of Nevada
People from Nevada
Politics of Nevada
Professional wrestling in Nevada
Science and technology in Nevada
Nevada society
Tourist attractions in Nevada
Transportation in Nevada
Works about Nevada
Images of Nevada
Nevada stubs
This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.

Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2025-06-20 22:31 (UTC)

Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.

  • WikiProject Nevada
  • WikiProject United States

The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.