Editing Winchester, Nevada

{{Short description| Unincorporated town in the State of Nevada, United States}}
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'''Winchester''' is an [[Unincorporated towns in Nevada|unincorporated town]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/admin_services/tlservices/Pages/Winchester%20Town%20Advisory%20Board.aspx |title=Winchester Town Advisory Board |access-date=2015-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501233409/http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/depts/admin_services/tlservices/Pages/Winchester%20Town%20Advisory%20Board.aspx |archive-date=2015-05-01 }}</ref> and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Clark County, Nevada|Clark County]], [[Nevada]], United States that contains part of the [[Las Vegas Strip]]. It is one of a number of CDPs in the unincorporated urbanized area directly south of [[Las Vegas]]. The population was 36,403 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3284600| title=Census - Geography Profile: Winchester CDP, Nevada| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=May 28, 2022}}</ref> It is governed by the Clark County Commission with advice from the Winchester Town Advisory Board. "Winchester, NV" does not appear in postal addresses; the [[United States Postal Service]] has assigned "Las Vegas, NV" as the place name for the [[ZIP code]]s containing Winchester.

==History==
{{main|Paradise, Nevada#History}}

The southern part of the [[Las Vegas Valley]] was referred to as Paradise Valley as early as 1910, owing to a high [[water table]] that made the land particularly fertile for farming.<ref>{{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://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:VNNL&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1316569E1E17B088&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=1028A39C75C2B899|via=NewsBank}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Paradise Valley well named|newspaper=Las Vegas Age|date=May 28, 1910|url=http://digital.lvccld.org/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/lvccg&CISOPTR=25577&CISOSHOW=25578&CISOSHOW2=25595}}</ref> County commissioners established a Paradise school district in 1914.<ref>{{cite news|title=County board met Monday|newspaper=Las Vegas Age|date=November 7, 1914|url=http://digital.lvccld.org/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/lvccg&CISOPTR=46658&CISOSHOW=46659&CISOSHOW2=46678}}</ref>

In 1950, mayor Ernie Cragin of Las Vegas sought to annex the [[Las Vegas Strip]], which was unincorporated territory, in order to expand the city's tax base to fund his ambitious building agenda and pay down the city's rising debt.<ref name=moehring>{{cite book|last=Moehring|first=Eugene P.|title=Resort City in the Sunbelt: Las Vegas, 1930-2000|year=2000|publisher=University of Nevada Press|isbn=0-87417-356-6|pages=87|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jojgQ2zz50EC&pg=PA87}}</ref> A group of casino executives, led by [[Gus Greenbaum]] of the [[Flamingo Las Vegas|Flamingo]], lobbied the county commissioners for town status, which would prevent the city from annexing the land without the commission's approval.<ref name=moehring /> The commission voted to create the unincorporated town of Paradise on December 8, 1950.<ref>{{cite news |title=Las Vegas: Bright lights, but not a big city |author=Steve Kanigher |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/jul/18/las-vegas-bright-lights-but-not-a-big-city/ |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |date=July 18, 2003 |access-date=2017-10-28}}</ref><ref name=luxury>{{cite news|title=Luxury hotel 'Strip' in Clark becomes town|newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=December 11, 1950|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14739517/luxury_hotel_strip_in_clark_becomes/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> A month after its establishment, the town was expanded to include the residential areas of Paradise Valley.<ref name=newboundary>{{cite news|title=New boundary for Paradise|newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=January 16, 1951|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14739612/new_boundary_for_paradise/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Months later, however, it was reported that county officials had determined that the town had not been properly established, because the petition for the town's formation had an insufficient number of signatures and because it had violated a state law forbidding formation of a town spanning multiple school districts.<ref name=hoggatt>{{cite news|title=Paradise revealed as town that never was|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|author=John Hoggatt|date=April 27, 1951|page=3}}</ref> On August 20, 1951, county commissioners accepted petitions to create two new towns covering the area of the putative town.<ref>{{cite news|title=New town 'richest' in state|newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal|date=August 21, 1951|page=1}}</ref> Town "A" of Paradise included the areas that lay within a Las Vegas school district, extending from the city limits to a point one mile south, while Town "B" included the areas within the Paradise school district.<ref name=hoggatt /> In 1953, Town A was renamed as Winchester, and Town B became known simply as [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rich new Nevada town of Winchester founded|newspaper=Reno Gazette-Journal|date=October 8, 1953|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14740652/rich_new_nevada_town_of_winchester/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Ultimately, in 1956 state law consolidated all local school districts into a countywide school district, which in the Las Vegas Valley's case is the [[Clark County School District]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Education's Past|url=http://nv150education.weebly.com/educations-past.html|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Nevada 150 Education}}</ref>

==Geography==
Winchester sits in the east-central part of the Las Vegas Valley. To the north it borders [[Las Vegas]], to the west and south is the CDP of [[Paradise, Nevada|Paradise]], and to the east is [[Sunrise Manor, Nevada|Sunrise Manor]].

Relative to streets, it is the area bordered by [[Sahara Avenue]] on the north, [[Boulder Highway]] on the east, [[Desert Inn Road]] on the south and the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] tracks on the west, with a few additional enclaves west of [[Interstate 15 in Nevada|Interstate 15]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gisgate.co.clark.nv.us/gisplot_pdfs/gis/Winchester.pdf |access-date=2023-10-06|title=Map of Winchester}}</ref> The Strip casinos which are part of Winchester include the [[Sahara Las Vegas|Sahara]], [[Fontainebleau Las Vegas]], [[Resorts World Las Vegas]], [[Circus Circus Las Vegas|Circus Circus]], and the [[Westgate Las Vegas|Westgate]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 13981
|1980= 19728
|1990= 23365
|2000= 26958
|2010= 27978
|2020= 36403
|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web
  |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790-2000)|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2010-07-17}}</ref>
}}
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|-
! Racial composition !! 2020<ref name="census2020">{{cite web |title=P9 {{pipe}} HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDHC2020.P9?q=Hispanic%20or%20Latino&g=160XX00US3284600 |access-date=April 17, 2022 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>!!2010<ref name="census2010">{{cite web |title=P9 {{pipe}} HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12010.P9?q=Hispanic%20or%20Latino&g=160XX00US3284600 |access-date=2023-12-28 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>!!2000<ref name="census2000">{{cite web |title=PL002 {{pipe}} HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE [73] |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12010.P9?q=Hispanic%20or%20Latino&g=160XX00US3284600 |access-date=2023-12-28 |publisher=Census.gov}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] || 47.9% || 44.6% ||29.0%
|-
| [[White American|White (Non-Hispanic)]] || 26.2% || 37.2% ||54.9%
|-
| [[African American|Black or African American]] || 12.8% || 7.8% ||6.7%
|-
| [[American Indians (U.S. Census)|American Indian]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]] ||0.4%||0.5%||0.7%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]]|| 7.7% || 6.8% ||5.3%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] or Other [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] || 0.4% || 0.5% ||0.4%
|-
|Some other race ||0.8%||0.1%||0.1%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || 3.9% || 2.3%||2.9%
|}
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], there were 26,958 people, 11,986 households, and 6,052 families living in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|6,253.2|PD/sqmi}}. There were 13,535 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,139.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2008-01-31 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

Of the 11,986 households, 20.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.5% were non-families. 38.7% of households were one person and 14.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 3.01.

The age distribution was 19.8% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.7 males.

The median household income was $32,251 and the median family income was $39,451. Males had a median income of $27,886 versus $22,453 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $20,615. About 11.4% of families and 14.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.2% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Nevada}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Winchester, Nevada}}

==External links==
* [https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/departments/administrative_services/town___liaison_services/winchester_tab.php Winchester Town Advisory Board Homepage]

{{Clark County, Nevada}}
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