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Clark County, Nevada

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
66historic places
—earliest paper
1909formed
2,265,461pop. 2020
5cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 66 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Las Vegas, Overton, Boulder City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Nevada is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Clark titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

25 of 66 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

66 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
"Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" Sign, TheParadise TownshipObject2009
B-29 Serial No. 45-21847 (Heavy Bomber)OvertonStructure2011
Berkley SquareLas VegasDistrict2009
Boulder City Historic DistrictBoulder CityDistrict1983
Boulder Dam HotelBoulder CityBuilding1982
Boulder Dam Park MuseumOvertonBuilding1996
Brownstone Canyon Archeological DistrictLas VegasDistrict1982
Camp Lee CanyonLas VegasDistrict1997
Clark Avenue Railroad UnderpassLas VegasStructure2004
Corn Creek CampsiteLas VegasSite1975
Desert Valley MuseumMesquiteBuilding1991
El Cortez Hotel and CasinoLas VegasDistrict2013
Eureka LocomotiveLas VegasStructure1995
Gold Strike Canyon-Sugarloaf Mountain Traditional Cultural PropertyBoulder CitySite2004
Goodsprings SchoolhouseGoodspringsBuilding1992
Grapevine Canyon Petroglyphs (AZ:F:14:98 ASM)LaughlinSite1984
Green ShackLas VegasBuilding1994
Gypsum CaveLas VegasSite2010
Harrison's Guest HouseLas VegasBuilding2016
Hidden Forest CabinLas VegasBuilding1975
Homestake MineSearchlightDistrict1985
Hoover Dam NHLBoulder CityStructure1981
Hunt, Parley, HouseBunkervilleBuilding1991
Huntridge TheaterLas VegasBuilding1993
John S. Park Historic DistrictLas VegasDistrict2003
Kyle RanchNorth Las VegasBuilding1975
LDS Moapa Stake Office BuildingOvertonBuilding2002
LULAC Multi-Purpose Senior CenterLas VegasBuilding2024
Las Vegas Grammar SchoolLas VegasBuilding1988
Las Vegas High School Academic Building and GymnasiumLas VegasBuilding1986
Las Vegas High School Academic Building, Gymnasium, and Frazier Hall (Additional Documentation)Las VegasBuilding1986
Las Vegas High School Academic Building, Gymnasium, and Frazier Hall (Boundary Increase)Las VegasBuilding2021
Las Vegas High School Historic DistrictLas VegasDistrict2022
Las Vegas High School Neighborhood Historic DistrictLas VegasDistrict1991
Las Vegas Mormon FortLas VegasBuilding1972
Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Boundary Increase)Las VegasBuilding1978
Las Vegas SpringsLas VegasSite1978
Leavitt, Thomas, HouseBunkervilleBuilding1991
Leroy and Carrie Christensen HouseLas VegasBuilding2024
Little Church of the WestLas VegasBuilding1992
Mesquite High School GymnasiumMesquiteBuilding1992
Morelli HouseLas VegasBuilding2012
Mormon Well SpringLas VegasSite1974
Moulin Rouge HotelLas VegasBuilding1992
Overton GymnasiumOvertonBuilding1992
PotosiLas VegasDistrict1974
Pueblo Grande de NevadaOvertonSite1982
Railroad Cottage Historic DistrictLas VegasDistrict1987
Sandstone RanchLas VegasDistrict1976
Sheep Mountain Range Archeological DistrictLas VegasDistrict1974
Sloan Petroglyph SiteLas VegasSite1978
Sloan Petroglyph Site (Boundary Increase)Las VegasSite2004
Smith, Jay Dayton, HouseLas VegasBuilding1987
Spanish Trail, Old,-Mormon Road Historic District (Boundary Increase)MoapaSite2008
Spanish Trail, Old-Mormon Road Historic DistrictLas VegasDistrict2001
Spirit MountainLaughlinSite1999
St. Thomas Memorial CemeteryOvertonSite2005
Tim Springs PetroglyphsIndian SpringsSite1974
Tule Springs Archeological SiteLas VegasSite1979
Tule Springs RanchLas VegasBuilding1981
U.S. Post Office and CourthouseLas VegasBuilding1983
Vegas Grammar School Branch No. 1 (Additional Documentation)Las VegasBuilding1979
Walking Box RanchSearchlightDistrict2009
Washington SchoolNorth Las VegasBuilding1992
Willow Beach Gauging StationBoulder CityStructure1986
Woodlawn CemeteryLas VegasDistrict2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clark was formed in 1909 (1909-07-01) from Lincoln.

CLARK created from LINCOLN. Act passed 5 February 1909; took effect 1 July 1909.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clark County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

2.3M1.1M3,321191019201960197020002020
19101920194019501960198020002020
3,3214,85916,41448,289127,016463,0871,375,7652,265,461

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Lake Mead National Recreation AreaPark unit49.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

5 cemeteries and 39 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 5 of 5 listed
NameLatLon
Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery36.24636-115.25223
Mesquite City Cemetery36.81236-114.06158
Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery35.94652-114.84737
Westpoint Cemetery36.66435-114.6405
Woodlawn Cemetery36.18742-115.1317
Historical populated places — 39 of 39
NameLatLon
Camp Booth35.65638-114.81664
Camp Duncan35.70415-114.80498
Camp Dupont35.56527-114.76331
Camp Sunrise35.46666-114.86748
Copper Camp35.54305-114.76192
Copper City36.31665-114.21191
Corn Creek36.4208-115.38168
Crescent35.48971-115.17887
Crystal36.50136-114.76278
Eldorado Canyon35.70777-114.71164
Emerald City35.45971-114.8697
Fort Callville36.11331-114.68887
Gold Butte36.28026-114.20052
Hesse Camp36.09887-114.74776
Hillegas36.15358-115.02139
Hills Camp35.77665-114.70109
Hoover City36.19636-115.13333
Hupton36.65775-114.57499
Junction City36.04331-114.79526
Jungletown36.28191-115.05917
Kaolin36.50692-114.41415
Kerwin Camp35.18055-114.8322
Lost City36.48803-114.37942
Mandolin35.79692-115.62889
McKeeversville35.96804-114.85276
Morgantown35.48999-115.0822
Old Overton36.56081-114.44165
Platina35.8022-115.57973
Rioville36.15026-114.39942
Root Camp35.78303-115.54028
Saint Joseph36.57275-114.4497
Saint Thomas36.46581-114.37025
Silver City36.52997-114.55415
Simonsville36.56275-114.44442
Stewart36.2333-115.11528
Wallace35.51388-114.7697
West End36.2147-114.71249
West Point36.6633-114.64999
Winterwood36.14831-115.04972

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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