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Trails to
the Past of Nevada is accepting any donations of
genealogy materials that you may have such as marriage
announcements, news articles, old obituaries, births,
(you do not need the birth certificate) just the
information, and biographies. If you have any of
these items please contact me Marie
Miller
the Nevada State Administrator.
Carson City is an
independent city in and the capital of the US state of
Nevada, named after the mountain man Kit Carson. As of
the 2010 census, the population was 55,274. The majority
of the town's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the
eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra
Nevada, about 30 miles south of Reno.
The town began as a
stopover for California bound emigrants, but developed
into a city with the Comstock Lode, a silver strike in
the mountains to the northeast. The city has served as
Nevada's capital since statehood in 1864 and for much of
its history was a hub for the Virginia and Truckee
Railroad, although the tracks were removed in the 1950s.
Before 1969, Carson City was the county seat of Ormsby
County. In 1969, the county was abolished, and its
territory merged with Carson City to form the
Consolidated Municipality of Carson City. With the
consolidation, the city limits extend west across the
Sierra Nevada to the California state line in the middle
of Lake Tahoe. Like other independent cities in the
United States, it is treated as a county equivalent for
census purposes.
 Adjacent Counties
Douglas
(South)
Lyon (East)
Storey (Northeast)
Washoe (North)
Above is a photo of the Carson
City Mint
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