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Virginia City Nevada 1989 scans 4x6" Prints- Enhanced to Sepia Tone

Virginia City, Nevada

Census-designated place

View of Virginia City, July 2016

Motto(s): "Step Back in Time"[1]

Virginia City is located in NevadaVirginia CityVirginia City

Location within the state of Nevada

 

CountryUnited States

StateNevada

CountyStorey

 

Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is a part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Virginia City developed as a boomtown with the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver deposit discovery in the United States, with numerous mines opening. The population peaked in the mid-1870s, with an estimated 25,000 residents. The mines' output declined after 1878, and the population declined as a result. As of the 2010 Census, the population of Virginia City was about 855,[4] and that of Storey County was 4,000.

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