Pershing County, Nevada

Founding: 1919
Parent county: Humboldt

Namesake: John Pershing, U.S. army officer
Seat: Lovelock (1919–)

Land area: 6,037 square miles

Population (2020): 6,650

Population (historic): 2,803 (1920); 2,652 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1930–1960; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; four CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 236 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,203
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,399

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 115
Average farm size (1920): 436 acres

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Lovelock

Namesake: George Lovelock, owner of the city site

Founding: 1868 (founding as Lovelock's Station); 1875 (post office); 1919 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,805

Population (historic): 1,104 (1910); 1,263 (1920); 1,294 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1950; 1960–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 83 (8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Joseph Marzen House (c. 1875). 25 Marzen Lane. Italianate.

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