Carson City, Nevada "Carson City"
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Carson City, Nevada Independent town/city and State capital Consolidated Municipality of Carson City Carson City Mint at evening Carson City Mint at evening Official seal of Carson City, Nevada Carson City, Nevada is positioned in Nevada Carson City, Nevada - Carson City, Nevada County None (Independent city) Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an autonomous town/city and the capital of the US state of Nevada, titled after the mountain man Kit Carson.
As of the 2010 census, the populace was 55,274. The majority of the populace of the town lives in Eagle Valley, on the easterly edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada, about 30 miles (50 km) south of Reno.
The town originated as a stopover for California bound emigrants, but advanced into a town/city with the Comstock Lode, a silver strike in the mountain peaks to the northeast.
The town/city has served as the capital of Nevada since statehood in 1864 and for much of its history was a core for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, although the tracks were removed in the 1950s.
Prior to 1969, Carson City was the governmental center of county of Ormsby County.
In 1969, the county was abolished, and its territory was consolidated with Carson City to form the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City. With the consolidation, the town/city limits today extend west athwart the Sierra Nevada to the California state line in the middle of Lake Tahoe.
Like other autonomous metros/cities in the United States, it is treated as a county-equivalent for census purposes.
Illustration of Carson City in 1877 Fremont and his exploration party in January 1843. Fremont titled the river flowing through the valley Carson River with respect to Kit Carson, the mountain man and scout he had hired for his expedition.
By 1851 the Eagle Station ranch positioned along the Carson River served as a trading post and stopover for travelers on the California Trail's Carson Branch which ran through Eagle Valley.
As the region was part of the Utah Territory, it was governed from Salt Lake City, where the territorial government was headquartered.
A vigilante group of influential settlers, headed by Abraham Curry, sought a site for a capital town/city for the envisioned territory. In 1858, Abraham Curry bought Eagle Station and after that retitled the settlement Carson City.[not in citation given (See discussion.)] As Curry and a several other partners had Eagle Valley surveyed for development.
Curry had decided for himself that Carson City would someday serve as the capital town/city and left a 10-acre (40,000 m2) plot open in the center of town for a future capitol building.
Following the discernment of gold and silver in 1859 on the close-by Comstock Lode, Carson City's populace began to rise.
Nye traveled to Nevada, he chose Carson City as the territorial capital, influenced by Carson City lawyer William Stewart, who escorted him from San Francisco to Nevada. As such, Carson City bested Virginia City and American Flat.
The Legislature titled Carson City to be the seat of Ormsby County and chose the hotel as the territorial prison with Curry serving as its first warden.
When Nevada became a state in 1864 amid the American Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital.
Carson City's evolution was no longer dependent on the quarrying industry and instead became a grow commercial center.
The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was assembled between Virginia City and Carson City.
A log flume was also assembled from the Sierra Nevadas into Carson City.
The United States Mint directed the Carson City Mint between the years 1870 and 1893, which hit gold and silver coins.
Carson City's populace and transit traffic decreased when the Central Pacific Railroad assembled a line through Donner Pass, too far to the north to benefit Carson City.
Even these developments were not enough to prevent the city's populace from dropping to just over 1,500 citizens by 1930.
Carson City resigned itself to small town/city status, advertising itself as "America's smallest capital." The town/city slowly interval after World War II; by 1960 it had reached its 1880 boom-time population.
As early as the late 1940s, discussions began about merging Ormsby County and Carson City.
By this time, the county was little more than Carson City and a several hamlets to the west.
On April 1, 1969; Ormsby County and Carson City officially consolidated as the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City. With this consolidation, Carson City combined former town sites such as Empire City, which had grown up in the 1860s as a milling center along the Carson River and current U.S.
Carson City could now advertise itself as one of America's biggest state capitals with its 146 square miles (380 km2) of town/city limits. In 1991, the town/city adopted a downtown master plan, specifying that no building inside 500 feet (150 metres) of the capitol would surpass it in height.
This plan effectively prohibited future high-rise evolution in the center of downtown. The Ormsby House is presently the tallest building in downtown Carson City, at a height of 117 feet (36 m).
Carson City is the smallest of the United States' 366 urbane statistical areas.
As of the 2010 census there are 55,274 citizens , 20,171 homeholds, and 13,252 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city is 81.1% White, 1.9% Black or African American, 2.4% Native American, 2.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 9.4% from other competitions, and 2.9% from two or more competitions.
The city's age distribution is: 23.4% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who are 65 years of age or older.
Data from the 2000 census indicates that the median income for a homehold in the town/city is $41,809, and the median income for a family is $49,570.
As of 2010, 82.31% (42,697) of Carson City inhabitants age 5 and older spoke English at home as a first language, while 14.12% (7,325) spoke Spanish, 0.61% (318) French, and various Indo-Aryan languages were spoken as a chief language by 0.50% (261) of the populace over the age of five.
In total, 17.69% (9,174) of Carson City's populace age 5 and older spoke a first language other than English. The following is a list of the top employers in Carson City from the fourth quarter of 2012: Carson Tahoe Health Carson City School District Carson City Municipal Government Ormsby County merged with Carson City in 1969, and the county simultaneously dissolved. The town/city is now governed by a five-member board of supervisors, consisting of a mayor and four supervisors. All members are propel at-large, but each of the four supervisors must reside in respective wards, numbered 1 through 4. The mayor and supervisors serve four year terms.
In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County/Carson City, defeating John Mc - Cain 49% to 48%, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1%. Carson City, being the state capital, is home to many political protests and demonstrations at any given time. In an attempt to either make proposed spent nuclear fuel storage facility at Yucca Mountain prohibitively expensive (by raising property tax rates to the maximum allowed) or to allow the state to collect the potential federal payments of property taxes on the facility, the state government in 1987 carved Yucca Mountain out of Nye County and created a new county with no inhabitants out of the region surrounding Yucca called Bullfrog County.
Carson City became the governmental center of county of Bullfrog County, even though it is not positioned in Bullfrog County and is more than 100 miles (160 km) from Yucca Mountain.
Carson City features a semi-arid climate with cool but not inordinately cold winters and hot summers.
The town/city is situated in a high desert river valley approximately 4,802 feet (1,464 m) above sea level.
The Carson River flows from Douglas County through the southwestern edge of Carson City.
Climate data for Carson City, Nevada (1981 2010 normals) Also prominently, Carson City has warmed more than any other town/city in the country during the last 30 years. The Carson City School District operates ten schools in Carson City.
The six elementary schools are Bordewich-Bray Elementary School, Empire Elementary School, Fremont Elementary School, Fritsch Elementary School, Mark Twain Elementary School, and Al Seeliger Elementary School.
The two middle schools are Carson Middle School and Eagle Valley Middle School.
Carson High School and the alternative Pioneer High School serve high school students.
Carson High is on Saliman Road. Carson City has never hosted any experienced team sports.
The biggest park is Mills Park, which has a total territory area of 51 acres (0.21 km2) and includes the 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge Carson & Mills Park Railroad. While there are no ski slopes inside Carson City, the town/city is positioned close to Heavenly Mountain Resort, Diamond Peak and Mount Rose Ski Tahoe skiing areas. See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carson City, Nevada Yesterday's Flyers, an aviation exhibition positioned in Carson City. Children's Museum of Northern Nevada - Carson City www.cmnn.org Snow Valley Peak 9,214 ft (2,808 m) highest point inside Carson City Lake Tahoe beachfront (several beaches along Lake Tahoe lie inside the town/city limits) Washoe Lake State Park borders town/city to the north "C Hill" hill featuring the Carson City "C" and enormous American Flag Carson City has served as one of the state's centers for politics and business.
Dickerson has resided in the Governor's Mansion positioned in Carson City. See also: List of Governors of Nevada.
The following personalities took up a residence in Carson City at some point in their lives. Abraham Curry, beginning father of Carson City and early politician Looking south on US 395, just south of US 50 in Douglas County near Carson City There are two highways in the town/city U.S.
Route 50. Carson City is home to one under-construction freeway Interstate 580.
Phase 1 of the Carson City Freeway Project from US 395, just north of the city, to US 50 was instead of in February 2006 and Phase 2 - A, extending from Rt.
50, awaits funding and, as stated to Director Martinovich at NDOT, culmination is anticipated for the fall of 2017 Prior to 2012, Carson City was one of only five state capitals not directly served by an Interstate highway; the town/city lost this distinct ion when I-580 was extended into the town/city limits.
Carson City's first undivided bus system, Jump Around Carson, or JAC, opened to the enhance in October 2005. JAC uses a lesser urban bus that is ideal for Carson City. However, there is virtually no ground enhance transit to other destinations.
Passenger trains haven't served Carson City since 1950, when the Virginia and Truckee Railroad was shut down.
Carson City is also served by the Carson Airport, which is a county-wide airport in the northern part of the city.
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