Fernley
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city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lyon
- Founded
- 1904 ; 122 years ago ( 1904 )
- Incorporated
- July 1, 2001 ; 24 years ago ( 2001-07-01 )
- Total
- 128.39 sq mi (332.52 km )
- Land
- 121.65 sq mi (315.07 km )
- Water
- 6.73 sq mi (17.44 km )
- Elevation
- 4,636 ft (1,413 m)
- Density
- 188.2/sq mi (72.67/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 (PST)
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 32-24900
- Website
- www .cityoffernley .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fernley
- Population
- 22895
- Area
- 17.443735
- Elevation
- 1268
- Official website
- www.cityoffernley.org
- Image
- 2015-10-30 10 09 36 View west along Main Street (Nevada State Route 427) in Fernley, Nevada.jpg
- Households
- 7379
- Dialing code
- 775
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- postal code
- 89408
- Commons category
- Fernley, Nevada
- inception
- 1904-01-01
- P8168
- Lariano
- water as percent of area
- 5.2239
- per capita income
- 29276
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Fernley is a city in Lyon County, Nevada, United States, and part of the Reno–Tahoe–Sparks metropolitan area CSA. The city was incorporated in 2001. The population of the city was 22,895 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th most populous city in Nevada.
Fernley was home to the historic and one of the first Amazon.com centers in the world, which has since relocated within the metro area. Naval Air Station (TOPGUN), the U.S. Navy's Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center & TOPGUN training program since 1996, was moved nearby, to Fallon, from Naval Air Station Miramar. The city is home to the Reno-Fernley Raceway. The world's first Tesla Gigafactory, that produces battery packs, energy storage and electric vehicle components is nearby 15 miles west at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, and also there as of 2024 an under-construction lithium processing plant.