Editing List of counties in Nevada (section)

==Counties==
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{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=510|Name=Carson City |Notype=yes |Data2=1969 |Noseat=(''[[Independent city (United States)|Independent city]]'') |Data3=Founded 1858, consolidated with [[Ormsby County, Nevada|Ormsby county]] in 1969.|Data4=[[Carson River]], named in turn for [[Kit Carson|Christopher Houston (Kit) Carson]] <small>(1809–1868)</small>, the frontier scout and soldier. |Population=58148 |Area= 144 |Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=001|Name= Churchill |Data2=1861 |Seat=Fallon |Data3=Original |Data4=[[Sylvester Churchill]] <small>(1783–1862)</small>, a general in the [[Mexican–American War]]. |Population=26033 |Area= 4929 |Size=80px}}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=003|Name= Clark |Data2=1909 |Seat=Las Vegas |Data3=Lincoln County |Data4=[[William A. Clark]] <small>(1839–1925)</small>, former United States Senator from Montana, and builder of a railroad line through the area. |Population=2398871 |Area= 7911 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=005|Name= Douglas |Data2=1861 |Seat=Minden |Data3=Original |Data4=[[Stephen A. Douglas|Stephen Arnold Douglas]] <small>(1813–1861)</small>, former United States Senator from Illinois. |Population=49564 |Area= 710 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=007|Name= Elko |Data2=1869 |Seat=Elko |Data3=Lander County |Data4=A [[Shoshoni language|Shoshoni]] word meaning ''white woman''. It is said, among the very old Shoshoni, that this is where they first saw a white woman. |Population=54363 |Area= 17182 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=009|Name= Esmeralda |Data2=1861 |Seat=Goldfield |Data3=Original |Data4=Esmeralda Mining District, named in turn for the legend that a massive amount of emeralds was buried in what is now Nevada. ''Esmeralda'' is the Spanish and Portuguese word for ''emerald''. |Population=720 |Area= 3589 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=011|Name= Eureka |Data2=1873 |Seat=Eureka |Data3=Lander County |Data4=[[Greek language|Greek]] expression ''[[Eureka (word)|Eureka]]'', meaning ''I have found it!'', in reference to deposits of [[silver]] found in the vicinity. |Population=1877 |Area= 4176 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=013|Name= Humboldt |Data2=1861 |Seat=Winnemucca |Data3=Original |Data4=[[Humboldt River]], named in turn for [[Alexander von Humboldt]] <small>(1769–1859)</small>, a German naturalist and explorer. |Population=17116 |Area= 9658 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=015|Name= Lander |Data2=1862 |Seat=Battle Mountain |Data3=Churchill County & Humboldt County|Data4=[[Frederick W. Lander]] <small>(1821–1862)</small>, an [[American Civil War]] general and developer of the area. |Population=5785 |Area= 5798 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=017|Name= Lincoln |Data2=1866 |Seat=Pioche |Data3=Nye County and territory ceded by Arizona. |Data4=[[Abraham Lincoln]] <small>(1809–1865)</small>, the sixteenth [[President of the United States]]. |Population=4345 |Area= 10635 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=019|Name= Lyon |Data2=1861 |Seat=Yerington |Data3=Original |Data4= General [[Nathaniel Lyon]] <small>(1818–1861)</small>, who was killed in action at the [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]]. |Population=63718 |Area= 1994 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=021|Name= Mineral |Data2=1911 |Seat=Hawthorne |Data3=Esmeralda County |Data4=[[Mineral]] deposits in the area. |Population=4475 |Area= 3757 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=023|Name= Nye |Data2=1864 |Seat=Tonopah |Data3=Esmeralda County |Data4=[[James W. Nye]] <small>(1815–1876)</small>, a governor of the [[Nevada Territory]] and U.S. senator from [[Nevada]]. |Population=55990 |Area= 18147 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=027|Name= Pershing |Data2=1919 |Seat=Lovelock |Data3=Humboldt County |Data4=[[John J. Pershing|John Joseph (Black Jack) Pershing]] <small>(1860–1948)</small>, the [[World War I]] general. |Population=6536 |Area= 6009 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=029|Name= Storey |Data2=1861 |Seat=Virginia City |Data3=Original |Data4=[[Edward Farris Storey]] <small>(1829–1860)</small>, a captain killed at [[Pyramid Lake (Nevada)|Pyramid Lake]] in the 1860 [[Paiute War]]. |Population=4112 |Area= 264 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=031|Name= Washoe |Data2=1861 |Seat=Reno |Data3=Original |Data4=The [[Washoe people|Washoe]], a small Indian tribe that inhabits the area. |Population=507280 |Area= 6342 |Size=80px }}
{{Countyrow|N=32|Num=033|Name= White Pine |Data2=1869 |Seat=Ely |Data3=Lander County |Data4=Heavy growth of pine trees in the area, thought to be white pine. |Population=8534 |Area= 8877 |Size=80px }}
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