Place:West Wendover, Elko, Nevada, United States

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NameWest Wendover
Alt namesEastlinesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Wendoversource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS32003881
TypeCity
Coordinates40.739°N 114.07°W
Located inElko, Nevada, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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West Wendover is a small city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 4,410 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Elko micropolitan area. West Wendover is located on the eastern border of Nevada and the western edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert and is contiguous with Wendover, Utah, with which it is sometimes confused. It is home to five casinos which attract many visitors from neighboring Utah,[1] where gambling is illegal. Interstate 80 runs just north of the cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities.

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