Nevada, the Silver State
 Became Nevada Territory, 2 Mar 1861.
Achieved statehood 31 Oct 1864.
State Capital
Carson City, an independent city,
formed in 1969 from Ormsby county.
Nevada‘s Sixteen
Counties
Churchill County, one of the
original 9 counties formed in 1861.
Clark County, formed in 1908
from Lincoln county.
Douglas County, one of the
original 9 counties formed in 1861.
Elko County, formed in 1869 from
part of Lander county.
Esmeralda County, one of the
original 9 counties formed in 1861.
Eureka County, formed in 1873
from part of Lander county.
Humboldt County, one of the
original 9 counties formed in 1861.
Lander County, formed in 1862
from parts of Churchill and Humboldt counties.
Lincoln County, formed in 1866
from parts of Nye county and territory ceded by Arizona.
Lyon County, one of the original
9 counties formed in 1861.
Mineral County, created in 1911
from part of Esmeralda county.
Nye County, formed in 1864 from
part of Esmeralda county.
Pershing County, formed in 1919
from part of Humboldt county.
Storey County, one of the original
9 counties formed in 1861.
Washoe County, one of the original
9 counties formed in 1861.
White Pine, County formed
in 1869 from part of Lander county.
Defunct counties:
Bullfrog County, Nevada formed
in 1987 from part of Nye county. Abolished in 1989.
Lake County, Nevada one of the
original 9 counties formed in 1861. Renamed Roop
county in 1862. Annexed in 1883 to Washoe county.
Ormsby County, Nevada one of the
original 9 counties formed in 1861.
Absorbed by Carson City in 1969.
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