|
 |
Home
Nevada
Motto: "All for our country"
Nicknames: "The Battle Born State" - "The Silver State" - "The Mining State" - "The Sage-hen State"
Capital: Carson City
Population: 2, 241,154 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 35th in US State Population
Size: 490 miles long and 320 miles wide; covers 110,567 square miles - 7th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
State Flower: Sagebrush
The state was named after the mountain range in the west. While out at sea, Spanish sailors gazed upon the beautiful mountain ranges of California; they called these mountains Sierra Nevada (snowy range). Sierra Nevada seemed an apt name for the new territory that was being carved out of Utah, but when the deed was done in 1859, the name of that new territory had been shortened to Nevada.
Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864. It was the 36th state admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Nevada are called "Nevadans."
|
