Ward is also said to have inspired Mark Twain when Ward performed in Virginia City, Nevada.

Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an independent city and the capital of the state of Nevada.

When Nevada became a state in 1864 during the Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital.

Image: Nevada Govenors Mansion. JPG | < center > The Governor's Mansion in Carson City

Looking south on U. S. Route 395 in Nevada | US 395, just south of U. S. Route 50 in Nevada | US 50 near Carson City

bi: Carson City, Nevada

bs: Carson City ( Nevada )

ga: Carson City, Nevada

gl: Carson City, Nevada

id: Carson City, Nevada

ia: Carson City, Nevada

pam: Carson City, Nevada

kw: Carson City, Nevada

sw: Carson City, Nevada

ht: Carson City, Nevada

mg: Carson City, Nevada

nl: Carson City ( Nevada )

no: Carson City ( Nevada )

ro: Carson City, Nevada

qu: Carson City ( Nevada )

simple: Carson City, Nevada

vo: Carson City ( Nevada )

war: Carson City, Nevada

* Clark County, Nevada, the most populous county on the list

Las Vegas () is the most populous city in the U. S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County.

Clark County is a county located in Southern Nevada.

The county had a population of 1, 951, 269 at the 2010 census, and is the most populous county in the state of Nevada, accounting for nearly three-quarters of its residents.

The county was formed by the Nevada Legislature by splitting off a portion of Lincoln County on February 5, 1909, and came into existence on July 1, 1909.

Much of the county was originally part of Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory before Nevada became a state.

In Nevada, the state capital of Carson City is also an independent city, free of any county.

Two states ( Hawaii and Nevada ) allow each county to establish their own regulations.

Hope is the county seat of Hempstead County and the principal city of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Hempstead and Nevada counties.

Amador County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of the U. S. state of California.

The county lies along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, the steep slopes making it prime territory for the siting of hydroelectric power plants.

El Dorado County is a county located in the historic Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and foothills of the U. S. state of California.

Inyo County is a county on the east side of the Sierra Nevada and southeast of Yosemite National Park in eastern-central part of the U. S. state of California.

Located in southeast California, the thinly populated deserts and mountains of this vast county stretch from where the bulk of the county population resides, the roughly 480 square miles south of the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino Valley, to the Nevada border and the Colorado River.

It is the only county in California bordered by both Nevada and Arizona, and is one of only two counties in California bordering more than one U. S. state ( the other being Modoc County, bordering Nevada and Oregon in the northeast corner of the state ).

Madera County is a county of the U. S. state of California, located in the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada north of Fresno County.

Mariposa County is a county in the U. S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Mono County () is a county located in the east central portion of the U. S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada.

The county is named after Mono Lake which, in 1852, was named for a Native American Paiute tribe, the Mono people, that inhabited the Sierra Nevada from north of Mono Lake to Owens Lake.

Nevada County is a county located in the Sierra Nevada of California, in the Mother Lode Country.