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Douglas County
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county in Nevada, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nevada
- Founded
- 1861 ; 165 years ago ( 1861 )
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Seat
- Minden
- Largest community
- Gardnerville Ranchos
- Total
- 738 sq mi (1,910 km )
- Land
- 710 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Water
- 28 sq mi (73 km ) 3.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 50,111
- Density
- 70/sq mi (27/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .douglascountynv .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nevada
- Capital
- Minden
- Population
- 49488
- Area
- 1910
- Shares border with
- Placer County
- Official website
- www.douglascountynv.gov
- Image
- Douglas County Courthouse, Minden, Nevada.jpg
- Households
- 21071
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- Commons category
- Douglas County, Nevada
- topic's main category
- Category:Douglas County, Nevada
- inception
- 1861-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 3.8
- native label
- Douglas County
- social media followers
- 2643
- per capita income
- 41921
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,488. Its county seat is Minden. Douglas County comprises the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Reno–Carson City–Fernley, NV Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.