Nye County, County in Nevada, United States.
Description
Nye County is a county in central and southern Nevada, spanning from Death Valley National Park to the Lincoln County border. The area includes desert basins, isolated mountain ranges, and broad valleys linked by a few paved highways.
History
The county formed during the Civil War and took the name of the first governor of Nevada Territory. Mining settlements in the early twentieth century shaped development and left abandoned towns scattered across the desert.
Culture
The region contains numerous ghost towns from the early 1900s mining era, including Rhyolite, which reached a population of 10,000 during its peak.
Practical
Tonopah in the north offers government offices, while Pahrump in the south is the largest town with road connections to Las Vegas. Fuel up before longer drives and plan extra time for distances between settlements.
Did you know?
A former nuclear weapons testing site sits within the county boundaries, and some sections remain closed to the public. Visitors can explore abandoned mining settlements from around nineteen hundred, where partly preserved buildings and ruins still stand.
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