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Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada, which also comprises the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical area. The land area of Clark County is 8,061 square miles (20,880 km 2), or roughly the size of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,265,461.
The Clark County Commission is the governmental organization that governs and runs Clark County, Nevada, providing services to the unincorporated areas. Its offices are located at the Clark County Government Center in Downtown Las Vegas .
Bullfrog County, Nevada, formed in 1987 from part of Nye county. Creation was declared unconstitutional and abolished in 1989. [1] Lake County, Nevada, one of the original nine counties formed in 1861. Renamed Roop County in 1862. Part became Lassen County, California in 1864. Nevada remainder annexed in 1883 to Washoe county. [1]
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The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829.[10] [11] [12] Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, [4] including Rivera, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
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The Clark County Department of Aviation is a part of the government of the Clark County Commission. Harry Reid International Airport, the main commercial airport and the four general aviation facilities in the Clark County Airport System are owned by the Clark County Commission and operated under the policy direction of the Board of County Commissioners, the authority of the County Manager and ...
As a County Commissioner, Jones has also served on a number of regional boards, including as Chair of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Chair of the Regional Flood Control District, Chair of the Springs Preserve Board of Trustees, Vice Chair of the Clark County Redevelopment Agency, Vice Chair of the Water Reclamation ...