Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Washoe County (/ ˈ w ɒ ʃ oʊ /) is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census , the population was 486,492, [ 1 ] making it Nevada's second-most populous county. Its county seat is Reno . [ 2 ]
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [ 1 ] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [ 2 ]
Lake Tahoe. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) was formed in 1969 through a bi-state compact between California and Nevada which was ratified by the U.S. Congress. The agency is mandated to protect the environment of the Lake Tahoe basin through land-use regulations and is one of only a few watershed-based regulatory agencies in the United States.
Cold Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. [2] It is known as Eitse'ihpaa or Eitse'ippaa (literally "cold water" or "cold spring") in Shoshoni. [3] It is located just off U.S. Route 395 in the northwestern part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, adjacent to the California state line.
The Washoe County School District is the second largest school district in Nevada with approximately 64,000 students enrolled in 96 schools. A board of seven elected trustees governs the Washoe County School District. The current president of the WCSD Board of Trustees is Beth Smith.
This page was last edited on 22 December 2023, at 06:11 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The Washoe County Courthouse, at 117 S. Virginia St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1910.It is significant for playing a role in the divorce industry in Nevada during the first half of the 20th century, when divorce was legal in Nevada and liberal residency requirements were enacted, while divorce was much more difficult elsewhere.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more