Esmeralda County, Nevada
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Esmeralda County Courthouse in Goldfield
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 Location in the U.S. state of Nevada |
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| Founded | 1861 | |
| Seat | Goldfield | |
| Largest community | Goldfield | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3,589 sq mi (9,295 km2) | |
| • Land | 3,582 sq mi (9,277 km2) | |
| • Water | 7.2 sq mi (19 km2), 0.2% | |
| Population | ||
| • (2010) | 783 | |
| • Density | 0.2/sq mi (0/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 4th | |
| Time zone | Pacific: UTC-8/-7 | |
| Website | accessesmeralda |
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Esmeralda County is a county in the west of U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 783, making it the least populous county in Nevada. Esmeralda County has no incorporated communities. Its county seat is the Census Designated Place of Goldfield.
Its 2000 census population density of 0.2706 inhabitants per square mile (0.1045/km2) was the second-lowest of any county in the contiguous United States (above Loving County, Texas). Its school district has no high school, so students in grades 9-12 go to school in Tonopah and are in the database of the Nye County School District. Esmeralda is the only Nevada county in the Los Angeles TV market (or any California market) as defined by A.C. Nielsen.
Esmeralda County is one of the original counties in Nevada, established in 1861. When it was organized, it comprised the part of the Nevada Territory south of the 39th parallel and east of Mason Valley.Esmeralda is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "emerald". An early California miner from San Jose Ca (descended from the Cory family of New Jersey), James Manning Cory, named the Esmeralda Mining District after the Gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, from Victor Hugo's novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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