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Lander County
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county in Nevada, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nevada
- Founded
- 1862 ; 164 years ago ( 1862 )
- Named after
- Frederick W. Lander
- Seat
- Battle Mountain
- Largest community
- Battle Mountain
- Total
- 5,519 sq mi (14,290 km )
- Land
- 5,490 sq mi (14,200 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,872
- Density
- 1.04/sq mi (0.403/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- landercountynv .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Frederick W. Lander
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Nevada
- Capital
- Battle Mountain
- Population
- 5734
- Area
- 14295
- Shares border with
- Humboldt County
- Official website
- www.landercountynv.org
- Image
- Lander county nevada courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2315
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- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Lander County
- Commons category
- Lander County, Nevada
- topic's main category
- Category:Lander County, Nevada
- inception
- 1861-00-00
- different from
- Lander
- per capita income
- 34911
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Encyclopedic overview
Lander County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,734. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lander County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.