Lander County

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administrative division county county in Nevada

Lander County is a sparsely populated, rural county in north-central Nevada known for its mining history and wide expanses of high desert and mountain terrain.

Aliases (1)

Lander County government ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division → county → county in Nevada →
borders	Churchill County → Elko County → Esmeralda County → Eureka County → Humboldt County → Nye County → Pershing County →
contains	Austin → Battle Mountain mining district → Big Smoky Valley → Crescent Valley → Grass Valley → Humboldt River (portion) → Kingston → Reese River Valley → Shoshone Range → Toiyabe Range → Toquima Range →
country	United States →
hasAreaCharacteristic	large land area →
hasCharacteristic	rural → sparsely populated →
hasCountySeat	Battle Mountain →
hasFederalRepresentation	Nevada's 2nd congressional district →
hasGeography	high desert → mountain terrain →
hasGovernmentType	county commission →
hasHistoricActivity	19th-century silver mining →
hasHistoricTown	Austin →
hasIndustry	copper mining → gold mining → silver mining →
hasLargestCommunity	Battle Mountain →
hasPopulationCharacteristic	low population density →
hasSettlementType	unincorporated communities →
hasTransportationRoute	Interstate 80 → State Route 305 → U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED →
isPartOf	Nevada mining region →
knownFor	mining history →
locatedIn	north-central Nevada →
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
namedAfter	Frederick W. Lander →
partOf	Great Basin region →
state	Nevada →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austin, Nevada ("Lander County government") →	governingBody
Nevada →	hasCounty
Northern Nevada →	includesCounty