Nevada, Iowa

Nevada is a city located in Story County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 6,658. It is the county seat of Story County{{GR|6}}. The city's name is pronounced differently from the state of the same name: IPA /nəˈveɪɾə/ .

The founding of Nevada

The town was founded October 12, 1853 by the two commissioners Joesph M. Thrift of Boone County and Johnson Edgar of Jasper County by appointment of the Iowa Legislature to find the county seat of Story County. The town's name, Nevada, was proposed by Joseph Thrift after the Sierra Nevada mountains. The naming of the town came a decade before naming of the state of Nevada.

Related Topics:
October 12 - 1853 - Boone County - Jasper County - County seat - Story County - Sierra Nevada - Nevada

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The town was originally surveyed at 49 blocks in a square. This plat of 7 by 7 blocks had six east-west streets and six north-south streets. The east-west streets were named:

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Blocks - Plat

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• Sixth Street (northern-most street)
• Fifth Street
• Fourth Street
• Third Street
• Second Street
• First Street (southern-most street)

And the north-south streets were named:

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• Sycamore Street (western-most street)
• Walnut Street
• Chestnut Street
• Main Street
• Lynn Street
• Oak Street (eastern-most street)

The original block numbers were:

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