Jean, Nevada Jean is positioned in Nevada Jean - Jean Jean is a small commercial town in Clark County, Nevada, positioned approximately 12 mi (19 km) north of the Nevada-California state line along Interstate 15.
Las Vegas is positioned about 30 mi (48 km) to the north.
There are no inhabitants of Jean, but many citizens in close-by communities like Primm and Sandy Valley have Jean listed in their mailing address because it is the locale of the chief postal service for the 89019 ZIP code.
Las Vegas Boulevard South ends about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Jean, and it adjoiningly runs northbound past Las Vegas, ending near the I-15-US 93 Junction.
The region is mostly commercial with the exception of the postal service and the courthouse, with commercial outlets such as the Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall, the Jean Sport Aviation Center (used for activities like skydiving), Jean Conservation Camp (a minimum-security, all female Nevada Department of Corrections facility established in 1987) and a Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) substation.
The Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino was also positioned here but it was completed in April 2008 and the sign was removed in 2011.
The Jean Post Office is positioned on Las Vegas Boulevard in Jean. The Goodsprings Township Courthouse is also positioned in Jean.
Pop's Oasis Casino was the first casino in Jean.
The median between the Nevada Landing Hotel and Casino and the Gold Strike Hotel and Gambling Hall was the scene of the worst single-vehicle accident in southern Nevada history at that time, when a van with 13 citizens flipped over and eight citizens were killed.
In the early 1970s, the Southern Nevada Timing Association, a Las Vegas car club, directed a 1/4 mile National Hot Rod Association sanctioned dragstrip on the old L.A.
The Gold Strike Casino in Jean The sign marking the locale of the former Nevada Landing Casino Jean is positioned on a mountain pass, Jean Pass (south), west of the Jean Dry Lake basin.
Sheep Mountain borders Jean to the east, southeast of Jean Dry Lake.
Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Nevada, United States Boulder City Henderson Las Vegas Mesquite North Las Vegas Blue Diamond Bunkerville Cal-Nev-Ari Enterprise Goodsprings Indian Springs Laughlin Moapa Town Moapa Valley Mount Charleston Nellis AFB Nelson Paradise Sandy Valley Searchlight Spring Valley Summerlin South Sunrise Manor Whitney Winchester Arden Cactus Springs Cottonwood Cove Coyote Springs Crystal Glendale Jean Las Vegas Chinatown Lone Mountain Logandale Lower Kyle Canyon Mountain Springs Overton Primm Red Rock Riverside Sloan Summerlin Stewarts Point Henderson Las Vegas North Las Vegas
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Jean, Nevada - Ivanpah Valley - Populated places in the Mojave Desert - Unincorporated communities in Clark County, Nevada - Unincorporated communities in Nevada
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