Fernley, Nevada Fernley, Nevada Location of Fernley, Nevada Location of Fernley, Nevada Coordinates: 39 35 55 N 119 12 54 W Fernley is a town/city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, east of the Reno Sparks urbane area.
The populace of the town/city was 19,368 at the 2010 census. Fernley is home to the Reno-Fernley Raceway, and is the former home of Amazon.com which has relocated to Reno.
Fernley is positioned at the intersection of Interstate 80, U.S.
Fernley's climate is typical of high desert surroundings.
Fernley, established in 1904, advanced as primarily an agricultural and ranching improve in adjacency to Reno.
Much of the farmland in the Fernley region was advanced through the Newlands Irrigation Project, which was a result of the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902.
In addition to the irrigation fitness in the Fernley area, a drainage fitness was also constructed to carry away excess water and mineral salts from the farmlands.
Until 1904, there was no place titled "Fernley" in the area.
It was not until the Southern Pacific Railroad realigned its route through northwestern Nevada that the Fernley siding was created.
In the meantime, a improve emerged and took the name Fernley.
Census, 159 citizens lived in the Fernley area.
The Southern Pacific Railroad instead of the Fernley and Lassen Railway in 1914, and a suitable depot was constructed in Fernley.
The origin of Fernley's name remains obscure and shrouded in mystery. The answer probably is somewhere in the voluminous records of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Over the years, there has been much conjecture on for whom or for what Fernley was named.
1990 copy of Nevada Magazine claimed that a physician of Welsh origin by the name of Fernley opened a coal mine in the region and supplied coal to the barns .
"The coal quarrying operation gave its name to the town of 'Fernley'," wrote Al Riggle on behalf of the 95-year-old Mrs.
Fernley living or practicing anywhere in Nevada; and a Tom Fernley cannot be found operating a casino in Fernley in the 1930s.
On the other hand, the Fernley family name has its origin in Wales and England.
Today, there are no other communities in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom by the name of Fernley, as stated to on-line place names databases.
Fernley, Nevada County, California, no longer exists.
The origin for Fernley, Nevada's, name may never be identified.
In 1965, the Nevada Cement Company started operation in a new plant assembled on the north side of the town/city between Fernley and Wadsworth.
Close adjacency to Interstate 80 and abundant territory for housing made Fernley an attractive alternative to the increasingly congested and expensive Truckee Meadows housing market.
On July 1, 2001, the town/city of Fernley was incorporated.
Fernley is home to Fernley High School, It is also known as FHS, Fernley High or just Fernley, and considered one of the best schools in Lyon County & Nevada in terms of AP, honors and engineering programs.
Fernley High School is part of the Lyon County School District system.
The majority of the students come from Fernley Intermediate School and State of Nevada schools.
Fernley High School has extensive athletic programs, program centers and student clubs.
Fernley High School has assembled considerable number of sport facilities, including football stadium, baseball field, track and field, basketball indoor arena, gymnasium, public center, etc.
Fernley High School is presently positioned off US 95 - A on the south side of town.
Prior to 1980, the high school was positioned at the current Fernley Intermediate School on Hardie Lane.
Founded in late 1950s, Fernley High School's initial old buildings were completed in the early 1960s and were positioned on the block now occupied by the In-Town Park near the old downtown region between US 95 - A and Center Street.
Since 1990, Fernley is the site of one of the two Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemeteries, The Northern Nevada Veteran Cemetery and the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery positioned in Boulder City a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Fernley city, Nevada".
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Fernley city, Nevada".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Fernley city, Nevada".
Analysis of Fernley's name by Guy Rocha, Nevada State Archivist - as presented on Official town/city website, snapshot 11/11/2014 Fernley, NV - Official Website Welcome to Fernley High School Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
City of Fernley official website
Categories:
Populated places established in 1904 - Cities in Lyon County, Nevada - Cities in Nevada - Former census-designated places in Nevada
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