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Stowell E. Whitney, a dairy farmer from Bunkerville, Nevada, [5] purchased a ranch in the area in the 1910s. [6] [7] The town of Whitney was established in 1931, when Whitney subdivided his ranch due to the construction of the Boulder Highway. [5] [6] Much of this land is now within Henderson city limits. [5]
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]
Mount Whitney (Paiute: Too-man-i-goo-yah [6] or Too-man-go-yah [7]) is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). [1] It is in East–Central California, in the Sierra Nevada, on the boundary between California's Inyo and Tulare counties, and 84.6 miles (136.2 km) [8] west-northwest of North America's lowest topographic point, Badwater ...
Map of the United States with Nevada highlighted. Nevada is a state located in the Western United States. Nevada has several census-designated places (CDPs) which are unincorporated communities lacking elected municipal officers and boundaries with legal status. [1] [2]
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Nevada's 1st congressional district occupies parts of communities in Clark County east of the Las Vegas Freeway and south of Nellis Air Force Base, including parts of Las Vegas, most of Henderson, Paradise, Sunrise Manor, and Winchester, as well as all of Boulder City, Nelson, and Whitney.
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 ...
Sam Boyd Stadium (formerly the Las Vegas Silver Bowl) is a closed football stadium in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas Valley.It honors Sam Boyd (1910–1993), a major figure in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas. [4]