Clark County, Nevada

Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,265,461. It is the most populous county in Nevada. Las Vegas, the state’s most populous city, is also the county seat.

The county was formed by the Nevada Legislature by splitting off a portion of Lincoln County on February 5, 1909,Las Vegas Sun, January 4, 2009; Joseph Nathan Kane, The American Counties (4th Ed.), (The Scarecrow Press, 1983), p479-480 and came into existence on July 1, 1909.
The county is famously the location of the Las Vegas Strip, with huge casinos and hotels that attract many tourists every year.

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Category:Nevada counties
Category:1909 establishments in the United States
Category:1900s establishments in Nevada