Editing Spring Valley, Nevada (section)

==History==
In 1965, the [[Stardust International Raceway]] was built by the [[Stardust Resort and Casino]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/may/22/stardust-memories/ |title=Stardust memories |date=May 22, 2003|work=[[Las Vegas Sun]] |access-date=7 December 2009}}</ref><ref name=taylor>{{cite news|title=Origin of many Clark County township names is a mystery|newspaper=Anthem View|location=Las Vegas|author=F. Andrew Taylor|date=August 3, 2010|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F1316569E1E17B088&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref> In 1969, the Stardust was sold to the Parvin-Dohrmann Corporation, which had little interest in the raceway and then leased it until 1970, when Pardee Homes purchased the land.<ref name=taylor/> They began developing a master-planned housing community called Spring Valley.<ref name=taylor/> The community was named by Doug Pardee and sales manager Jack Whiteman, in reference to its views of the [[Spring Mountains]] and its location in the Las Vegas Valley.<ref name=taylor/> In 1981, residents grouped together to solicit the Clark County Commission to create an unincorporated town, which it did that May. The residents wanted to create the town due to hypothetical annexations into other communities in the Las Vegas Valley, and because they claimed they did not pay their taxes fairly for county services.<ref name=kanigher/> The town originally encompassed {{convert|1|sqmi|km2|sigfig=1}}, but now occupies much of the southwest quarter of the [[Las Vegas Valley]], totaling {{convert|33.4|sqmi|km2|sigfig=1}}.