Ormsby County, Nevada

Founding: 1861
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Ormsby, early Carson City resident
Seat: Carson City (1861–)

Land area: 145 square miles

Population (2020): 58,639

Population (historic): 714 (1860); 4,229 (1880); 2,100 (1900); 1,596 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1900s; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: 45

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 229 (1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 29.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,476
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,959

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 49
Average farm size (1920): 61.8 acres

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Carson City

Namesake: Christopher Carson, American frontiersman

Founding: 1858 (platting); 1858 (post office)

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