Place:Washoe, Nevada, United States

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NameWashoe
Alt namesCarsonsource: Family History Library Catalog
Washoesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates40.75°N 119.617°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)
Roop, Nevada, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Cold Springs
Gerlach-Empire
Incline Village-Crystal Bay
Nixon
Spanish Springs
Sun Valley
Sutcliffe
Verdi-Mogul
Wadsworth
Deserted settlement
Andersons
Bronco
Churches Camp ( 1880 - 1930 )
Clarks
Inhabited place
Andys Place
Beulah
Border Town
Brunson
Buffalo Meadows
Crystal Bay
Crystal Peak
Deep Hole
Diessner
Dodge
Empire
Five Mile House
Fleish
Franktown
Gerlach
Glendale
Golden Valley
Grand View Terrace
Hafed
Heinz
Hidden Valley
Hot Springs
Huffaker
Incline Village
Jumbo
Lakeview
Lawton
Lemmon Valley
Lemmon Valley-Golden Valley
Marmol
Mayberry-Highland Park
Mayberrys
Mogul
Mustang
Nashville
New Washoe City
Olinghouse
Ophir City
Panther Valley
Patrick
Pleasant Valley
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation
Pyramid
Reederville
Reno ( 1860 - )
Reno-Stead
Roderick
Sheepshead
Smoke Creek
Sparks
Steamboat
Sundown Town
Swedes Place
Tyrolian Village
Upper Pyramid
Verdi
Vista
Vya
Washoe City
Wedekind
Wimer Place
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Washoe County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 421,407, making it Nevada's second-most populous county. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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Washoe County was created on November 25, 1861, as one of the original nine counties of the Nevada Territory. It is named after the Washoe people who originally inhabited the area. It was consolidated with Roop County in 1864. Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871.

In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and Bannock led by Mike Daggett killed four stockmen in Washoe County. A posse was formed, and on February 26, 1911, at the Battle of Kelley Creek, eight of Daggett's band were killed, along with one member of the posse, Ed Hogle. Three children and a woman who survived the battle were captured. The remains of some of the members of the band were repatriated from the Smithsonian Institution to the Fort Hall Idaho Shoshone-Bannock Tribe in 1994.

In 1918, Washoe County elected the first woman elected to the Nevada Legislature, Sadie Hurst, a Republican.

As of 2013, "Washoe County is the first school district in the state to offer Paiute classes," offering an elective course in the Paiute language at Spanish Springs High School and North Valleys High School.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1861 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1862 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Court 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 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 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
1890 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 3,091
1880 5,664
1890 6,437
1900 9,141
1910 17,434
1920 18,627
1930 27,158
1940 32,476
1950 50,205
1960 84,743
1970 121,068
1980 193,623
1990 254,667
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Washoe County, Nevada, United States

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~nvwashoe/

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