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Nevada
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city in Story County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Story
- Total
- 5.78 sq mi (14.97 km )
- Land
- 5.77 sq mi (14.94 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 958 ft (292 m)
- Density
- 1,200.2/sq mi (463.41/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-55695
- Website
- cityofnevadaiowa .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Nevada
- Population
- 6925
- Area
- 13.154149
- Elevation
- 305
- Official website
- www.ci.nevada.ia.us
- Image
- Nevada Iowa 20090816 Welcome Sign.JPG
- Households
- 2973
- Dialing code
- 515
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- Commons category
- Nevada, Iowa
- postal code
- 50201
- inception
- 1853-01-01
- P8168
- Bill Brown
- water as percent of area
- 0.3652
- per capita income
- 37237
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Nevada (/nɪˈveɪdə/ niv-AY-də) is a city in and the county seat of Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 6,925 in the 2020 census, an increase from 6,658 in 2000. Nevada is part of the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area. Nevada is the second-most populous city in Story County. The city’s name is pronounced different from the state of Nevada, which is usually pronounced nuh-VAD-uh, instead the city’s name is pronounced nuh-VAY-duh.
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