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Mesquite is a city located in the northeast corner of Clark County, Nevada, United States adjacent to the Arizona state line and 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 20,471. [ 5 ]
The Las Vegas Valley is home to the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League who began to play in the 2017–18 NHL season at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League who began play at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise in 2020 after moving from Oakland, California, and the ...
Map Carson City: 510 (Independent city) 1969: Founded 1858, consolidated with Ormsby county in 1969. Carson River, named in turn for Christopher Houston (Kit) Carson (1809–1868), the frontier scout and soldier. 58,036: 144 sq mi (373 km 2) Churchill County: 001: Fallon: 1861: Original: Sylvester Churchill (1783–1862), a general in the ...
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.
Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted. Nevada is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, it is the 32nd most populous state, with 3,104,614 inhabitants, [1] but the 7th largest by land area spanning 109,781.18 square miles (284,332.0 km 2). [2]
Module:Location map/data/United States Las Vegas Strip is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Las Vegas Strip. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Location mi km Destinations Notes; Las Vegas: 0.00: 0.00: I-11 / US 95 – Downtown Las Vegas, Tonopah, Reno: Interchange; western terminus; I-11 exit 46: US 95 Bus. (Rancho Drive, SR 599) Former US 95: Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line: Decatur Boulevard: North Las Vegas: I-15 / US 93 – Los Angeles, Ely, Salt Lake City: Interchange; I-15 exit ...
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The 22,650-acre (9,170 ha) monument is administered by the National Park Service. [1] Joshua trees at Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM