Welcome to Carson
City, Nevada Online...the web home of Carson City
Government!��
Freelance
writer Lynn Ferrin offers a vivid
description of Carson City by quoting Mark Twain:
"By
and by Carson City was pointed out to us," wrote Mark Twain in Roughing
It. "It nestled in the edge of a great plain and was a
sufficient number of miles away to look like an assemblage of mere
white spots." The mountain summits overlooking it, he noted,
"seemed lifted clear out of companionship and consciousness of
earthly things."
Twain
arrived in 1861, but Nevada�s capital still looks the same way to
a visitor driving over from Lake Tahoe�a town dominated by its
setting. The early morning sun lights up the great eastern scarp of
the Sierra Nevada; the setting sun sets afire the Pine Nut Mountains
out in the Great Basin Desert. The nights are full of stars, the air
scented with sage.
Prior to 1969, Carson City was a part of Ormsby County.� In 1969 Ormsby County was merged into Carson City to consolidate government services.
Carson City is a consolidated municipality. There are now nine state capitals with smaller populations than Carson City, and in fact, with its area of 143.5 square miles, Carson City can now advertise itself as one of the largest state capitals in
America!
This
is what's in store for you in our fair city!�
Whether you're a resident or considering a visit or a permanent relocation to Carson
City, we encourage you to check out the information provided in this
site.� Information for citizens of Carson City is available by
clicking on the Citizen Info link on the left and bottom
menus.� We encourage visitors to check in at the Visitors
Center which you can get to by clicking on the Visitors Info link at
the left and bottom menus.� The Visitors Center is the gateway
to information for those planning to visit or relocate to Carson
City.�
We
hope the information available on or through this site is
helpful.� Please feel free to contact us should you need
additional information.� Thank you!
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