Nye County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nevada
- Founded
- 1864 ; 162 years ago ( 1864 )
- Named after
- James W. Nye
- Seat
- Tonopah
- Largest community
- Pahrump
- Total
- 18,199 sq mi (47,140 km )
- Land
- 18,182 sq mi (47,090 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 57,336
- Density
- 2.8375/sq mi (1.0956/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- nyecounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
2017 Reveille Wild Horse Release by BLM, about 50 miles east of Tonopah and 12 miles south of Warm Springs, Nevada Gold specimen from the Round Mountain Gold Mine Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At 18,159 square miles (47,030 km), Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behind San Bernardino County, California and Coconino County, Arizona.
Nye County comprises the Pahrump micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Las Vegas-Henderson combined statistical area.