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 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Lovelock Namesake: George Lovelock, owner of the city site Founding: 1868 (founding as Lovelock's Station...