Primm, Nevada
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| Unincorporated community | |
Downtown Primm off Interstate 15
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 Primm
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| Coordinates: 35°36′46″N 115°23′25″W / 35.61278°N 115.39028°WCoordinates: 35°36′46″N 115°23′25″W / 35.61278°N 115.39028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Clark |
| Elevation | 2,618 ft (798 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 1,132 |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 89019 |
| Area code(s) | 702 |
Primm (formerly known as State Line and often called Primm Valley) is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States, primarily notable for its position straddling Interstate 15 where it crosses the state border between California and Nevada. It sits on Ivanpah Dry Lake, which extends to the north and south of town.
It was previously known by the name of State Line (two words), but was renamed in 1996 to avoid confusion with Stateline in northern Nevada. It is named after the original developer of the town, Ernest Jay Primm.
The community's economy is based on its three casinos, which attract gamblers from Southern California wanting to stop before reaching Las Vegas 40 miles (64 km) to the north, or as a last chance to gamble before leaving Nevada. Most of Primm's residents are employees of the casinos.
While not a census-designated place, the 2000 census population for the community is 436. A Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department estimate placed the population at 284 on July 1, 2006, apparently using different boundaries for the area. In a December 5, 2007 article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Primm's population is listed as around 1,132.
Primm used to have its own post office on the north side of town, but that has been replaced. All U.S. mail addresses serving Primm (zip code 89019) were given Jean addresses and are now served out of the Jean post office.
In the 1920s Pete MacIntyre owned a gas station at the state line. MacIntyre apparently had a difficult time making ends meet selling gas, so he resorted to bootlegging. Primm history remembers him as "Whiskey Pete". When he died in 1933, legend has it that he wanted to be buried standing up with a bottle of bootleg in his hands so he could watch over the area. Whiskey Pete's unmarked grave was accidentally exhumed while workers were building a connecting bridge from Whiskey Pete's to Buffalo Bill's Hotel and Casino (on the other side of I-15). The body was moved and is now said to be buried in one of the caves where MacIntyre cooked up his moonshine. Dale Hamilton owned State Line from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. After he bought the property he built a Chevron gas station, a building containing a small slots casino and a small cafe-lunch counter. He also built a small automotive garage and a towing service. He called the business simply "State Line Bar:Slots". When the Interstate was built an interchange was not planned for the site. Hamilton made several trips to Carson City to plead for an interchange, which was eventually granted.
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