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Lake Las Vegas is a 320-acre (130 ha) reservoir in Henderson, Nevada with a 3,592-acre (1,454 ha) developed area around it. [2] [3] The area is sometimes referred to as the Lake Las Vegas Resort . It is being developed by 5 companies including Lake at Las Vegas Joint Venture LLC.
There are 16 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Nevada. On November 25, 1861, the first Nevada Territorial Legislature established nine counties. [1] Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, with 11 counties. [1] In 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated into a single municipal government known as ...
The largest municipality by population in Nevada is Las Vegas with 641,903 residents, and the smallest is Caliente with 990 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Boulder City, which spans 208.52 sq mi (540.1 km 2), while Lovelock is the smallest at 0.85 sq mi (2.2 km 2).
Moapa Valley, Nevada. / 36.57444°N 114.45806°W / 36.57444; -114.45806. Moapa Valley is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 6,924. [3] The valley in which the community lies, also named Moapa Valley, is about 40 miles (64 km) long and lies roughly northwest to ...
Paradise, Nevada. / 36.08194°N 115.12472°W / 36.08194; -115.12472. Paradise is an unincorporated town [2] and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most-populous CDP ...
The lake bed made an ideal strip for testing aircraft, and the Emigrant Valley's mountain ranges and the NTS perimeter protected the site from visitors; it was about 100 mi (160 km) north of Las Vegas. The CIA asked the AEC to acquire the land, designated "Area 51" on the map, and to add it to the Nevada Test Site.: 56–57
89001. FIPS code. 32-00500. GNIS feature ID. 0845339. Alamo is an unincorporated town [2] in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States, about 90 miles (140 km) north of Las Vegas along U.S. Route 93. Its elevation is 3,449 feet (1,051 m). As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,080.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Nevada. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies , the state had 76 law enforcement agencies employing 6,643 sworn police officers, about 254 for each 100,000 residents.