Mineral County, Nevada



Founding: 1911
Parent county: Esmeralda
Namesake: Mineral deposits in the region
Seat: Hawthorne (1911–)
Land area: 3,753 square miles
Population (2020): 4,554
Population (historic): 1,848 (1920); 1,863 (1930); 2,342 (1940)
Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1970; 1980s
Subdivisions: Four CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 49 (1.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.3%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.7%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $445
Average outbuilding value (1930): $414
Number of farms (1920): 92
Average farm size (1920): 98.4 acres
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Hawthorne

Namesake: William Hawthorne, local resident
Founding: 1880 (platting); 1881 (post office)
Population (2020): 3,118
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 16 (0.9%)
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