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Clark County: 003: Las Vegas: 1909: Lincoln County: William A. Clark (1839–1925), former United States Senator from Montana, and builder of a railroad line through the area. 2,336,573: 7,911 sq mi (20,489 km 2) Douglas County: 005: Minden: 1861: Original: Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813–1861), former United States Senator from Illinois. 49,545 ...
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.
It is located in Downtown Las Vegas. The 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m 2) complex was designed by Fentress Bradburn and opened in 1995. It consists of a six-story county administration building, three one-story buildings for the county commissioners’ chambers, a multipurpose community facility and a central plant.
On November 21, 1980 the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Bally's Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada suffered a major fire. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. [2] The NLVFD was one of the main agencies to respond to the fire which remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U.S. history.
MGM would also build and finance an on-site fire station for the Clark County Fire Department. [200] Station 32, a $28 million facility, opened next to Vdara on December 10, 2009. [201] [202] As of 2013, it was the busiest fire station in Las Vegas, handling many emergencies along the Strip. [202]
In July 1997, the Clark County Commission declined to hold public hearings on the project until the completion of the fiscal impact statement. [7] By November 1998, the project's name had been changed to Southern Highlands, due to concerns from the U.S. Olympic Committee , which was known for protecting the rights to its name.
From the California border to Arizona across southern Nevada, through Las Vegas; also specifically near the junction of Interstate 15 and State Route 169 36°15′11″N 115°09′43″W / 36.253056°N 115.161944°W / 36.253056; -115.161944 ( Old Spanish Trail – Mormon Road Historic
The Clark County Shooting Complex, located on the northern outskirts of the Las Vegas–North Las Vegas line in Nevada, is the largest shooting facility in the United States at 2,900 acres (1,200 ha).