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Gardnerville is an unincorporated town [4] in Douglas County, Nevada, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the 2020 census. [3] U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as Kingsbury Grade, connects Gardnerville to Stateline and U.S. Route 50.
The Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Western Nevada, anchored by the cities of Reno and Sparks. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 490,596.
Gardnerville Ranchos is a census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census , the population was 11,312. The area is the namesake for the Gardnerville Ranchos Micropolitan Statistical area which includes other areas of Douglas County.
Minden is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. [3] The population was 3,001 at the 2010 census. [citation needed] It is the county seat of Douglas County [4] and is adjacent to the town of Gardnerville.
The Arendt Jensen House, at 1431 Ezell St. in Gardnerville, Nevada, is a historic foursquare house—in this case termed a "Denver Square" form—that was built in 1910. It was a home of Danish immigrant Arendt Jensen, a merchant who became prominent in Gardnersville. [2]
The Heavenly Mountain Resort ski area is on the California–Nevada border. Another well-known feature of Stateline is Kingsbury Grade, which runs up and over a mountain pass, rising from Lake Tahoe and dropping down to the Carson Valley on the other side. Most of Stateline's residential and seasonal accommodation, amenities and services are ...
A road connecting Lake Tahoe to the Carson Valley, situated in the approximate location of today's SR 207, appears on Nevada state maps as early as 1919. [4] By 1929, this unimproved road was included in the state highway system as the northwestern end of the former SR 19 , a longer route stretching from Lake Tahoe through Minden and south to ...
The 1954 edition of the Nevada highway map was the first to show the new routing. [52] Previously, the road to Delta consisted of unpaved state routes. The paved route did not follow the exact route of the old dirt roads. The improved route bypassed the ghost town of Osceola and entered Utah approximately 14 miles (23 km) to the south of the ...