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Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Las Vegas.It is the 2nd most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with 317,610 residents. [4]
This is a list of telephone area codes in the state of Nevada.. 702: The southeastern tip of Nevada, including the Las Vegas metropolitan area . 725: An overlay area code for the 702 area code effective June 2014.
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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Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. ISBN 0-87417-615-8. Wright, Frank (2005). Nevada Yesterdays: Short Looks at Las Vegas History. Las Vegas, NV: Stephens Press. ISBN 1-932173-27-7. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020
In 2018, James Herndon, a former game warden, was beaten by Henderson police officers after intervening during an armed shoplifting incident at a sporting goods store where he worked. Officers tackled Herndon alongside the fleeing suspect and used excessive force, including punches, kicks, a Taser, and striking him with the butt of an M4 rifle.