Churchill County, Nevada

 

Founding: 1861
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Sylvester Churchill, U.S. army officer
Seat: Buckland (1861–1864); La Plata (1864–1868); Stillwater (1868–1904); Fallon (1904–)

Land area: 4,930 square miles

Population (2020): 25,516

Population (historic): 196 (1870); 703 (1890); 2,811 (1910); 5,075 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1870–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: 22

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 398 (3.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,161
Average outbuilding value (1930): $804
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 498
Average farm size (1920): 72 acres
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Fallon

Namesake: Michael Fallon, owner of the city site

Founding: 1896 (platting); 1896 (post office); 1908 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,327

Population (historic): 741 (1900); 1,753 (1910); 1,758 (1920); 1,911 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1896–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 136 (3.5%)
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