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Pahrump welcome sign. Pahrump (/ p ə ˈ r ʌ m p / pə-RUMP) is an unincorporated town located at the southernmost tip of Nye County, Nevada, United States, [3] about 50 miles (80 km) west of Las Vegas (roughly an hour away by driving distance). Pahrump lies adjacent to the Nevada–California border and the area had a population of 44,738 as ...
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The Nevada Test Site and proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository are in southwestern Nye County, and are the focus of a great deal of controversy. The federal government manages 92% of the county's land. A 1987 attempt to stop the nuclear waste site resulted in the creation of Bullfrog County, Nevada, which was dissolved two years later.
Tonopah (/ ˈ t oʊ n ə ˌ p ɑː / TOHN-ə-pah, Shoshoni language: Tonampaa) [4] is an unincorporated town [5] in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States. [6] Nicknamed the Queen of the Silver Camps for its mining-rich history, [1] it is now primarily a tourism-based resort city, notable for attractions like the Mizpah Hotel and the Clown Motel.
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Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, also known as Front Sight and as Front Sight Resorts, was founded in 1996 by Dr Ignatius Piazza.. Piazza, a California native and former chiropractor, and himself one of the few graduates of the Four Weapons Combat Master program developed by notable firearms instructor and writer Chuck Taylor, spent 25 years developing hundreds of acres of desert into ...
Nye County School District (NCSD) provides public education for all grades in Nye County, Nevada, [2] as well as 9th through 12th grade education for students living in Esmeralda County, due to its school district having no high school. [3]
Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club is a race track located in Pahrump, Nevada.Currently owned by John Morris and Brad Rambo, [1] the track hosts various driving schools, track rentals, and is home to a private motorsports country club.