Editing Minden, Nevada

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|official_name            = Minden, Nevada
|settlement_type          = [[County seat]]

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|image_caption            = [[Douglas County Courthouse (Nevada)|Douglas County Courthouse]] (2006)
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|population_total         = 3442
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'''Minden''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Douglas County, Nevada]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Douglas County Code – Section 18.04.010: Creation|publisher=Douglas County District Attorney|url=http://dcnvda.org/userpages/CountyCodes.aspx?TID=56&CID=131&SID=603|access-date=2017-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035526/http://dcnvda.org/userpages/CountyCodes.aspx?TID=56&CID=131&SID=603|archive-date=2018-01-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The population was 3,001 at the [[United States Census 2010|2010 census]].{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} It is the [[county seat]] of Douglas County<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties|archive-date=2011-05-31|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> and is adjacent to the town of [[Gardnerville, Nevada|Gardnerville]].  The Douglas campus of the [[Western Nevada College]] is located in Minden.

==History==
It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of [[Minden]], in the German state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], which was near his father's birthplace.<ref>[http://www.visitcarsonvalley.org/about-carson-valley/fun-facts.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517014745/http://www.visitcarsonvalley.org/about-carson-valley/fun-facts.html |date=2017-05-17 }} Facts about Carson Valley</ref> A large share of the first settlers were Germans.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409171723/http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-09 |url-status=live | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=20}}</ref> Minden was founded on company land of the [[Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park|Dangberg Home Ranch]] and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's  early buildings.<ref>{{cite web|last=Datin|first=Richard C.|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Home Ranch|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/80002466_text|publisher=[[National Park Service]]|access-date=May 19, 2013|date=June 13, 1979|archive-date=September 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920055503/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/80002466_text|url-status=live}}</ref>  Minden has had a post office since 1906.<ref>[http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NV&county=Douglas&searchtext=&pagenum=1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112214820/https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NV&county=Douglas&searchtext=&pagenum=1 |date=2018-01-12 }} Post Offices in Douglas County, Nevada</ref>

=== Use of sundown siren and sundown town status ===
Minden sounded a "[[Sundown town|sundown siren]]" at 6pm almost every evening from 1917 until 2023, originally signifying that members of the Washoe Indian tribe were required to leave town by 6:30pm or face jail or fine.<ref>{{cite web |title=For the Washoe Tribe of Lake Tahoe, a sundown siren is a 'living piece of historical trauma' |url=https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/lake-tahoe-minden-sundown-siren-protest-washoe-16208057.php |publisher=[[SFGATE]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607205657/https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/lake-tahoe-minden-sundown-siren-protest-washoe-16208057.php |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |date=May 28, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rgj-2023">{{cite news |last1=Yellow Swan |first1=Miles |title=Minden silences daily siren after Nevada passes bill forbidding 'sundown ordinance' sounds |url=https://toot.wales/@fkamiah17/111784296805852147 |access-date=20 January 2024 |work=Reno Gazette Journal |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120104658/https://toot.wales/@fkamiah17/111784296805852147 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]] fully repealed its sundown ordinance in the mid-1970s.

In 2021, the State of Nevada passed a law that prohibits communities from sounding signals associated with a past law "which required persons of a particular race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin or color to leave the town by a certain time." Minden Town Manager J. D. Frisbee claimed the law doesn't apply to them stating, “There’s a (Minden) ordinance in place right now that says that the siren sounds every day in commemoration of our first responders. … It never went off at 6:30, when the county had an ordinance to get Native Americans out of town.”<ref>{{cite web |title=Minden snubs tribal-backed ban on 'sundown sirens' once used to push people of color out of town |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/03/lawmakers-activists-take-aim-sundown-siren-minden/4893403001/ |publisher=[[Reno Gazette Journal]] |date=May 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill that may silence Minden siren on governor's desk |url=https://www.recordcourier.com/news/2021/may/27/bill-may-silence-minden-siren-governors-desk/ |publisher=The Record-Courier |date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607182129/https://www.recordcourier.com/news/2021/may/27/bill-may-silence-minden-siren-governors-desk/ |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Nevada passes law that bans racially discriminatory school mascots and 'sundown sirens' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/us/nevada-law-racially-discriminatory-school-mascots-ban-sundown-siren/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607181029/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/05/us/nevada-law-racially-discriminatory-school-mascots-ban-sundown-siren/index.html |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |date=June 5, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=DeHaven|first=James|title=Minden snubs tribal-backed ban on 'sundown sirens' once used to push people of color out of town|url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/03/lawmakers-activists-take-aim-sundown-siren-minden/4893403001/|access-date=2021-11-13|website=Reno Gazette Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>

After another Nevada law targeting sundown sirens, S.B. 391, was passed in 2023, Minden finally silenced the siren.<ref name="rgj-2023" /> Marty Meeden, a retired elementary school teacher of [[Washoe people|Washoe]] descent, expressed relief, saying, "Did you hear about the partially deaf senior woman who was verbalized for being in town after sunset? Did you hear about the routine picking up of our young men who were beaten and then left out in the fields?... This is the history we as children learned in regards to the siren."<ref name="rgj-2023" />

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the [[census-designated place]] (CDP) of Minden has a total area of {{convert|4.3|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|4.3|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.5%) is water.

The [[Carson Valley]] and Minden are considered one of the top gliding spots in the world. Flights of over {{convert|1600|km|order=flip}} have been made on sailplanes from this location. Its location, east of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada range]], favors [[lee wave]] formation. East of the Pine Nuts mountains is the Nevada desert, one of the best thermal generators in the world.

[[U.S. Route 395 (Nevada)|U.S. Highway 395]] runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of [[Nevada State Route 88|State Route 88]], which becomes [[California State Route 88]] on the west side of the state line.

===Climate===
Minden has a [[semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|cool semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk'') with huge [[diurnal temperature variation]]s during all seasons. Summers are hot to very hot during the day, with 68.5 afternoons topping {{convert|90|F|C|1}} and 5.7 afternoons getting over {{convert|100|F|C|1}}; however, mornings even in summer are very cool to cold and between June and August. On average, 1.2 mornings will fall under freezing. Rainfall is very rare during the summer as [[North American Monsoon|the monsoon]] practically never reaches this far north: in July more than four years in ten record no measurable precipitation and only one in twenty expects {{convert|1|in|mm|1|disp=or}}. Winter afternoons are cool and frequently sunny, but mornings are freezing to frigid. Temperatures of {{convert|0|F|C|1}} or below can be expected on two mornings each winter, although all but 4.7 afternoons each year can be expected to top freezing, whilst during the three winter months 45.9 afternoons will typically top {{convert|50|F|C|1}}. The hottest temperature on record is {{convert|109|F|C|1}} on July 6, 2007 and the coldest is {{convert|−24|F|C|1}}, which occurred on January 21, 1916, January 26, 1949 and February 7, 1989. The coldest afternoon was on January 9, 1937 when the temperature did not top {{convert|4|F|C|1}} and the hottest minimum {{convert|67|F|C|1}} on August 28 and 29, 1906, June 25, 1927 and August 20, 1931.

The majority of precipitation occurs from winter Pacific storm systems, although the Sierra Nevada rain shadow limits the precipitation they produce in Nevada. The wettest “rain year” has been from July 1937 to June 1938 with {{convert|17.18|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1959 to June 1960 with {{convert|3.31|in|mm|1}}. The wettest day on record has been December 30, 2002 with {{convert|3.90|in|mm|1|disp=or}}. With at least {{convert|7.90|in|mm|1|disp=or}}, January 1909 was the wettest single month on record. Winter afternoons are warm enough in Minden that most precipitation occurs as rain, although the mean snowfall is {{convert|21.8|in|m|2|disp=or}}. The cold, wet month of January 1916, however, saw as much as {{convert|52.0|in|m|2}} of snow and the season from July 1908 to June 1909, {{convert|70|in|m|2}}; however, no measurable snow fell between July 1962 and June 1963.<ref name = NOWData>{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=rev |publisher = National Weather Service |title = NOAA Online Weather Data |accessdate = 2022-09-20 |archive-date = 2022-05-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220530020343/https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=rev |url-status = live }}</ref>

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{{Weather box
|location = Minden, Nevada, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1906–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 72
|Feb record high F = 77
|Mar record high F = 84
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 98
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 102
|Oct record high F = 94
|Nov record high F = 84
|Dec record high F = 73

|Jan avg record high F = 63.3
|Feb avg record high F = 67.5
|Mar avg record high F = 75.2
|Apr avg record high F = 81.8
|May avg record high F = 89.3
|Jun avg record high F = 96.8
|Jul avg record high F = 101.3
|Aug avg record high F = 100.0
|Sep avg record high F = 96.0
|Oct avg record high F = 87.7
|Nov avg record high F = 74.5
|Dec avg record high F = 64.6
|year avg record high F = 102.2

|Jan high F = 46.6
|Feb high F = 51.4
|Mar high F = 58.2
|Apr high F = 63.8
|May high F = 72.6
|Jun high F = 82.6
|Jul high F = 91.2
|Aug high F = 90.3
|Sep high F = 83.4
|Oct high F = 71.2
|Nov high F = 56.8
|Dec high F = 45.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 32.8
|Feb mean F = 36.7
|Mar mean F = 42.5
|Apr mean F = 47.1
|May mean F = 55.2
|Jun mean F = 63.1
|Jul mean F = 70.1
|Aug mean F = 68.5
|Sep mean F = 61.8
|Oct mean F = 51.1
|Nov mean F = 39.8
|Dec mean F = 32.2
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 19.0
|Feb low F = 22.1
|Mar low F = 26.8
|Apr low F = 30.4
|May low F = 37.7
|Jun low F = 43.7
|Jul low F = 49.0
|Aug low F = 46.6
|Sep low F = 40.2
|Oct low F = 30.9
|Nov low F = 22.8
|Dec low F = 18.7
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 3.0
|Feb avg record low F = 7.7
|Mar avg record low F = 13.6
|Apr avg record low F = 18.5
|May avg record low F = 26.6
|Jun avg record low F = 32.0
|Jul avg record low F = 40.7
|Aug avg record low F = 37.9
|Sep avg record low F = 30.4
|Oct avg record low F = 18.7
|Nov avg record low F = 8.5
|Dec avg record low F = 2.2
|year avg record low F = -3.1

|Jan record low F = -24
|Feb record low F = -24
|Mar record low F = -9
|Apr record low F = 9
|May record low F = 16
|Jun record low F = 22
|Jul record low F = 29
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 20
|Oct record low F = 3
|Nov record low F = -12
|Dec record low F = -22

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|Jan precipitation inch = 1.70
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.30
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.25
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.49
|May precipitation inch = 0.61
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.33
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.25
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.26
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.21
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.61
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.79
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.54
|year precipitation inch =

|Jan snow inch = 5.6
|Feb snow inch = 4.1
|Mar snow inch = 3.4
|Apr snow inch = 1.5
|May snow inch = 0.1
|Jun snow inch = 0.1
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.2
|Nov snow inch = 1.6
|Dec snow inch = 5.2
|year snow inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.4
|Feb precipitation days = 6.0
|Mar precipitation days = 4.5
|Apr precipitation days = 3.5
|May precipitation days = 3.3
|Jun precipitation days = 1.8
|Jul precipitation days = 1.8
|Aug precipitation days = 1.9
|Sep precipitation days = 1.7
|Oct precipitation days = 2.5
|Nov precipitation days = 4.1
|Dec precipitation days = 5.5
|year precipitation days = 43.0

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.8
|Feb snow days = 1.9
|Mar snow days = 1.6
|Apr snow days = 0.8
|May snow days = 0.2
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.9
|Dec snow days = 2.6

|source= NOAA<ref name=NOAA>
{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00265191&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access|accessdate=2022-09-20}}</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData/>
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==Demographics==
{{update|section|date=December 2024|reason=Neer information is available from the 2010 and 2020 census reports}}
{{US Census population
| 1990 = 1441
| 2000 = 2836
| 2010 = 3001
| 2010n = {{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
| 2020 = 3442
| 2020n = {{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016|archive-date=February 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228083025/https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2024|reason=No mention of Minden at the given link}}
}}
[[File:Minden Flour Milling Company.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Minden Flour Milling Company]], September 2013, one of eight sites in Minden listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Nevada|National Register of Historic Places]]]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website|archive-date=1996-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,836 people, 1,166 households, and 839 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|664.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,231 housing units at an average density of {{convert|288.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.1% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.6% of the population.

There were 1,166 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $56,795, and the median income for a family was $64,375. Males had a median income of $40,833 versus $34,700 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $30,405. About 3.7% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 1.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
All of Douglas County is in the [[Douglas County School District (Nevada)|Douglas County School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32005_douglas/DC20SD_C32005.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Douglas County, NV|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-26}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st32_nv/schooldistrict_maps/c32005_douglas/DC20SD_C32005_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Minden has a [[public library]], a branch of the Douglas County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://publiclibraries.com/state/nevada/ | title=Nevada Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=14 June 2019 | archive-date=8 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308143509/https://publiclibraries.com/state/nevada/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Media==
* ''Carson Valley Times''
* ''[[Record-Courier (Nevada)|The Record-Courier]]''

==Notable people==
* [[Donald E. Bently]] – businessman; long term resident of Mindenol in Minden
* [[Shaaron Claridge]] - voice actress credited with providing the police dispatch voice work for Adam-12, Dragnet and Columbo.
* [[Shawn Estes]] – baseball player; attended high school in Minden
* [[RAS (musician)|Nicholas Furlong]] – songwriter and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=About |publisher=Nicholas "RAS" Furlong (official site) |url=http://rasofficial.com/#/about/ |access-date=30 August 2014 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714214910/http://rasofficial.com/#/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Howard D. McKibben]] – Federal Judge; practiced law in Minden from 1967 to 1971.
* [[David Derek Stacton]] – author; born in Minden
* [[Tanner Thorson]] – racing driver; born in Minden
* [[Eric Whitacre]] – composer; attended high school in Minden
* [[Jeff Nady]] - football coach; attended high school in Minden

==See also==
{{Portal|United States|Nevada}}
* [[List of census-designated places in Nevada]]
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Minden, Nevada}}
* {{Official website|https://www.townofminden.com/}}

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[[Category:German-American culture in Nevada]]
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