West Wendover
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city in Elko County, Nevada, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko
- Total
- 7.48 sq mi (19.37 km )
- Land
- 7.48 sq mi (19.37 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 4,524 ft (1,379 m)
- Density
- 603.4/sq mi (232.97/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 32-83730
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
West Wendover is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 4,512 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Elko micropolitan area. West Wendover is located on the eastern border of Nevada and the western edge of the Great Salt Lake Desert and is contiguous with Wendover, Utah, with which it is sometimes confused. It is home to five casinos and a cannabis dispensary which attract many visitors from neighboring Utah, where both casino gambling and non-medical cannabis are illegal. Interstate 80 runs just north of the cities, while Interstate 80 Business (Wendover Boulevard) runs through the two cities.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Wendover” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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