Place:Storey, Nevada, United States

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NameStorey
Alt namesCarsonsource: Family History Library Catalog
Storeysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates39.367°N 119.5°W
Located inNevada, United States     (1861 - )
See alsoCarson, Nevada, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Comstock ( 1920 - 1927 )
Flowery City
Formanville
Phillips Ravine
Former community
American City ( 1860 - 1870 )
Inhabited place
American Flat
Divide
Gilpin
Gold Hill
Lockwood
Lower Gold Hill
Virginia City Highlands
Virginia City ( 1859 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Storey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,010, making it the third-least populous county, but one of the fastest-growing economies in Nevada. In 2018, over 18,000 people were employed in the county. Its area is 264 square miles (680 square kilometers), making it the smallest county in Nevada in terms of area. Its county seat is Virginia City. Storey County is part of the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area.

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History

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Storey County was created in 1861 and named for Captain Edward Farris Storey, who was killed in 1860 in the Pyramid Lake War. It was the most populous county in Nevada when organized in 1861. Virginia City is the county seat. It was originally to be named McClellan County after General George B. McClellan, who later ran unsuccessfully against Abraham Lincoln for president in the 1864 election. Storey County benefited from the discovery of Comstock Lode silver.

In 1969, actor Dick Simmons played W. Frank Stewart, a silver-mining operator who served from 1876 to 1880 as a state senator for Storey County, in the episode "How to Beat a Badman" of the syndicated television series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Robert Taylor not long before Taylor's own death. In the story line, Senator Stewart is determined to gain at a bargain price a silver claim being worked by two young former outlaws (Tom Heaton and Scott Graham).

The county population collapsed after the Comstock Lode was fully mined and hit a minimum of 568 in the 1960 census. Since then, its population has partially recovered because of its relative proximity to Reno.

On September 3, 1999, Kevin Baugh declared his backyard to be independent from the US, creating the Republic of Molossia.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1859 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1861 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1862 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1886 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1887 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 11,359
1880 16,115
1890 8,806
1900 3,673
1910 3,045
1920 1,469
1930 667
1940 1,216
1950 671
1960 568
1970 695
1980 1,503
1990 2,526
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www.rootsweb.com/~nvstorey/

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