This is a list of Nevada county name etymologies.

• Carson City, Nevada: Carson City is named for Christopher Houston (Kit) Carson, the famous frontier scout and soldier.
• Churchill County, Nevada: Churchill is named for Fort Churchill , named in turn for Sylvester Churchill , a general in the Mexican-American War.
• Clark County, Nevada: Clark is named for William Andrews Clark , a builder of a railroad through the county.
• Douglas County, Nevada: Douglas is named for Stephen Arnold Douglas, the U. S. statesman and presidential rival of Abraham Lincoln.
• Elko County, Nevada: Elko is named for the county seat of Elko, Nevada, named in turn for the herds of elk in the area.
• Esmeralda County, Nevada: Esmeralda is named for the Esmeralda Mining District , named in turn for possibly the character Esmeralda of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• Eureka County, Nevada: Eureka is named for the Greek expression Eureka, meaning I have found it!, in reference to deposits of silver found in the vicinity.
• Humboldt County, Nevada: Humboldt is named for the Humboldt River, named in turn for Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, the famous German scientist, explorer and statesman.
• Lander County, Nevada: Lander is named for Frederick W. Lander , an American Civil War general and developer of the area.
• Lincoln County, Nevada: Lincoln is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States.
• Lyon County, Nevada: Lyon is named for Nathaniel Lyon, an Iowan soldier who was the first United States general killed in the American Civil War.
• Mineral County, Nevada: Mineral is named for the minerals of the surrounding area.
• Nye County, Nevada: Nye is named for James Warren Nye , a governor of the Nevada Territory and U.S. senator from Nevada.
• Pershing County, Nevada: Pershing is named for John Joseph (Black Jack) Pershing, the World War I general and one of the two highest ranked U.S. soldiers in history.
• Storey County, Nevada: Storey is named for Edward Fariss Storey , a captain killed at Pyramid Lake in the 1860 Paiute War with Native Americans.
• Washoe County, Nevada: Washoe is named for the Washoe Native American tribe.
• White Pine County, Nevada: White Pine is named for the numerous limber pine (a form of white pine) stands in the area.

See also

• Nevada
• List of Nevada counties
• County (United States)
• Lists of U.S. county name etymologies

Source

• County Name Origins from the State Kids' Site