Minden, Nevada
| Minden, Nevada | |
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| Unincorporated town | |
 Location of Minden, Nevada |
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| Coordinates: 38°57′22″N 119°46′9″W / 38.95611°N 119.76917°WCoordinates: 38°57′22″N 119°46′9″W / 38.95611°N 119.76917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Douglas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.3 sq mi (11.1 km2) |
| • Land | 4.3 sq mi (11.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,724 ft (1,440 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,001 |
| • Density | 664.2/sq mi (256.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 89423 |
| Area code(s) | 775 |
| FIPS code | 32-47000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0860600 |
| Website | www.townofminden.com |
| Reference no. | 130 |
Minden is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 3,001 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County and is adjacent to the town of Gardnerville. It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of Minden, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was near his father's birthplace. Minden was founded on company land of the Dangberg Home Ranch and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's early buildings. Minden has had a post office since 1906.
U.S. Highway 395 runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of State Route 88, which becomes California State Route 88 on the west side of the state line.
The Douglas campus of the Western Nevada College is located in Minden.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the census-designated place (CDP) of Minden has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), of which 4.3 square miles (11 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.47%) is water.
The Carson Valley and Minden are considered one of the top gliding spots in the world. Flights of over 990 miles (1,600 km) have been made on sailplanes from this location. Its location, east of the Sierra Nevada range, favors lee wave formation. East of the Pine Nuts mountains is the Nevada desert, one of the best thermal generators in the world.
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