Pahrump, Nevada Town of Pahrump Official seal of Town of Pahrump Location of Pahrump in Nye County Location of Pahrump in Nye County Pahrump (/p r mp/) is an unincorporated town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. As of 2010 the populace was 36,441, making it the biggest settlement in the county.
Pahrump was originally inhabited by the Southern Paiute.
They reportedly chose the name for Pahrump after the initial indigenous name Pah-Rimpi, or "Water Rock," so titled because of the abundant artesian wells in the valley.
Because of the artesian wells, the new inhabitants of Pahrump Valley began a number of large ranch-style holdings, mostly over 1000 acres (4 km ) in size.
Until the 1960s, Pahrump had no telephone service except a radio transmitter phone in a phone booth next to the small market, and there were no paved roads in or out of the Pahrump Valley.
However, as Las Vegas grew, real estate speculation became more prominent in the area, which led to increased interest in Pahrump. This led to the introduction of telephone service and the assembly of a paved highway, from Las Vegas to Pahrump, amid the late 1960s.
Later, this road (NV 160) was extended from Pahrump northward to US 95, near Amargosa Valley.
A second paved road (NV 372) was introduced that went from Pahrump to neighboring Shoshone, California, which provided a link to the Death Valley area, as well as a shorter route to those wishing to travel to Los Angeles or other areas in California.
In 1974, Pahrump's first high school, Pahrump Valley High School was constructed.
Since the late 1970s, Pahrump has grown almost exponentially, increasing from about 2,000 inhabitants in 1980 to 36,000 in 2010.
Pahrump is an archetypal example of an exurb.
Pahrump has also thriving a number of notable residents; including paranormal talk radio host Art Bell, and Michael Jackson, who purchased a home in the region in 2008, where he briefly had a home studio and home schooled his three children. Notable businesses in the region include Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, the Spring Mountain Motor Sports Ranch, and the former Dragon Cloud Dojo, which closed March 1, 2016. In addition, there are a several legal brothels such as the Chicken Ranch and Sheri's Ranch, and wineries including Sander's Family Winery and Pahrump Valley Winery. Like many communities in Nevada, Pahrump has an unincorporated town status, with a limited government that manages territory use planning, recreation, and fire, while leaving most services to Nye County.
In May 2009, the town board set up an advisory board to study incorporating Pahrump as a town or city. On November 15, 2006, the Pahrump town board voted for an ordinance declaring English the official language of business, forbidding the display of foreign flags and denying any benefits to illegal aliens.
This law was repealed on February 13, 2007.[why?] In 2012 the people of Pahrump voted to disband the Town Board form of government in favor of becoming an advisory board under the County Commissioners.
It will be finalized 2014 when the incumbent propel members' terms expire. Per the Town of Pahrump website, the propel Pahrump Town Board was disbanded as of January 5, 2015. Pahrump, Nevada welcome sign Climate data for Pahrump Government offices for Pahrump As of the census of 2000, there were 24,631 citizens , 10,153 homeholds, and 7,127 families residing in the census-designated place (CDP) of Pahrump.
The town has 8 educational establishments (including 1 adult education area); Manse Elementary, Hafen Elementary, Floyd Elementary, J.G.Johnson Elementary, Rosemary Clark Middle School, and Community Christian Academy, all of which are veiled by the Nye County School District.
There is no small-town bus enhance transit in Pahrump.
Residents, and those visiting Pahrump, utilize Mc - Carran International Airport in the Las Vegas area, approximately 60 miles east of Pahrump.
A private airport, Calvada Meadows Airport, also serves Pahrump, however, airplane must request permission before landing at this small airport.
Pahrump has taxi service operating 24 hours a day.
Pahrump is the hometown of Art Bell, an author and radio personality.
Bell formerly owned KNYE, the small-town airways broadcast positioned in Pahrump.
On the December 28, 2006 broadcast of Coast to Coast AM, Bell announced he had returned to Pahrump, but he later returned to the Philippines, where he resided until 2011, when he again returned to Pahrump.
Bell hosted Art Bell's Dark Matter, also dealing with paranormal subject matter, which aired on Sirius - XM, from his home in Pahrump. In July 2015, Art Bell returned to the airwaves with a new show, "Midnight in the Desert", which airs weeknights in a three-hour time slot.
A wealthy Las Vegas casino owner, Ted Binion, buried a large treasure of silver in a secret underground vault in Pahrump.
In 1998 Binion died under suspicious circumstances and one of the parties accused of murdering Binion was apprehended while digging up the vault in Pahrump.
Pahrump is the home of the third co-founder of Apple Computer, Ronald Wayne.
Martians territory in Pahrump and announce they have "come in peace", but soon kill most of the humans gathered there.
Pahrump was featured in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in a two-part episode titled "Nevada Day".
The scenes, however, were set only in the town jail and a small diner athwart the street, and the town itself was not featured, implying that Pahrump is much lesser than it actually is. The film Lady Magdalene's was filmed at various Pahrump locations including the Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Gambling Hall, Desert View Medical Center, Nye County Court House, the Winery and Symphony Restaurant, and Front Sight Firearms Training Institute.
A brothel set based on The Chicken Ranch was constructed at the Pahrump home of Jim and Alice Eychaner, who made the locale available to the manufacturing company for a fee of $1.00 to help promote the town. The movie made its tv premiere on Pahrump broadcast TV station KPVM on Halloween, 2011.
Neil Schulman, who played the part of "Ali the American" in the film, owned a vacation home in Pahrump at the time of its manufacturing in 2006 and moved to Pahrump full-time in December 2008.
Carpenter Canyon, Carpenter Canyon road leads from Pahrump to Carpenter Canyon and Carpenter Canyon Creek "Pahrump Town Board".
Recently the singer had been living in Pahrump, Nev., an unincorporated town 60 miles west of Las Vegas, where he had been writing new music in a home studio and having his three kids (ages 11, 10 and 6) home-schooled.
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