Mesquite, Nevada Mesquite, Nevada Location of Mesquite in Clark County, Nevada Location of Mesquite in Clark County, Nevada Mesquite, Nevada is positioned in the US Mesquite, Nevada - Mesquite, Nevada State Nevada Mesquite is a town/city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjoining to the Arizona state line and 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Las Vegas on Interstate 15.
As of 2015, the United States Enumeration estimates that the town/city had a populace of 17,496. The town/city is positioned in the Virgin River valley adjoining to the Virgin Mountains in the northeastern part of the Mojave Desert.
Mesquite was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1880, who called it Mesquite Flat.
The name was later shortened to Mesquite, and the town/city was incorporated in May 1984.
Mesquite, like close-by Bunkerville, had its origins in farming.
The Peppermill Mesquite casino, which opened in the 1970s, drove Mesquite's diversified economy.
[The Western Village Travel Plaza opened in the 1950s, later owned by the Peppermill .] The town/city incorporated in 1984 and established a master evolution plan amid the early 1990s. In the mid-1990s, more casinos opened. By 2006, Mesquite was one of the fastest-growing small suburbs in the United States, though the late-2000s recession led to the closure of both the Mesquite Star and Oasis (formerly The Peppermill) casinos. Mesquite is situated in the northeast corner of Clark County and extends north into the southeast corner of Lincoln County.
The easterly border of the town/city is the Arizona state line.
The town/city is in the Virgin River valley, occupying the northern side of the river.
The town/city lies adjoining to the Virgin Mountains in the northeastern Mojave Desert near the southern mouth of the Virgin River Gorge.
Interstate 15 passes through the city, dominant southwest 80 miles (130 km) to downtown Las Vegas and northeast 39 miles (63 km) to St.
Nevada State Route 170 leads south from the center of town, crossing the Virgin River into the unincorporated improve of Bunkerville before looping back to I-15 at the town/city limits of Mesquite.
Enumeration Bureau, the town/city of Mesquite has a total region of 32.4 square miles (83.8 km2), of which 31.9 square miles (82.6 km2) is territory and 0.46 square miles (1.2 km2), or 1.40%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The town/city of Mesquite is a part of the Clark County School District.
Virgin Valley Elementary Mesquite K 5 Hughes Middle School Mesquite 6 8 Virgin Valley High School Mesquite 9 12 Climate data for Mesquite, NV Mesquite City Hall In 1987, the Virgin Valley's first newspaper, The Desert Echo, began distribution out of a small-town home on Riverside Road.
The Desert Valley Times emerged by 1995, and The Desert Echo consolidated with The Desert Valley Times in 1998.
In 2006, Mesquite Media Group (MMG) was formed by beginning partners Cindi Delaney, Sue Hurley, and Morris Workman.
In September 2006, MMG started publishing the Mesquite Local News, a weekly print journal that is distributed each Thursday.
In June 2009, Workman and Delaney sold Mesquite Local News to Stephens Media, which owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal as well as various other newspapers in Nevada.
The Mesquite Local News was later sold to Battle Born Media, LLC in May 2014.
Mesquite is home to a several casinos, including the Virgin River Casino, Casa - Blanca, Eureka Casino Hotel, and Stateline Casino and Motel.
Mesquite is a stopping point for those traveling along I-15 between Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.
Mesquite is also a destination for year-round golf, with over nine enhance courses in the warm desert climate, it draws golfers from all over.
Mesquite Airport provides facilities for general aviation and skydiving. It hosted the annual RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship until 2014. Clark County, Nevada "Visit Mesquite, Nevada: Official Site".
"Mesquite, Nevada history".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mesquite city, Nevada".
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