Storey County

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administrative territorial entity county

Storey County is a small, historic county in northern Nevada best known for the Comstock Lode mining district and the preserved 19th-century town of Virginia City.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borderedBy	Carson City → Lyon County → Lyon County, Nevada → Washoe County →
contains	Gold Hill → Lockwood → Portion of Reno–Sparks metropolitan area → Silver City → Sutro → Virginia City →
containsIndustrialArea	Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center →
country	United States of America →
countyFIPSCode	029 →
countySeat	Virginia City →
elevationCharacteristic	mountainous →
fireProtection	Storey County Fire Protection District →
GNISID	0857990 →
governmentType	county commission →
hasHistoricEconomy	gold mining → silver mining →
hasHistoricSite	Comstock Historic District → Virginia City National Historic Landmark District →
hasHistoricTown	Gold Hill, Nevada → Virginia City →
hasMajorEconomicActivity	industrial logistics → mining → tourism →
historicalSignificance	center of Comstock Lode silver rush →
isOneOf	smallest counties in Nevada by population →
knownFor	Comstock Lode → Virginia City historic district → historic mining →
lawEnforcement	Storey County Sheriff’s Office →
locatedIn	Nevada →
locatedInRegion	northern Nevada →
locatedOn	eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada →
namedAfter	Edward F. Storey NERFINISHED →
observesDaylightSavingTime	yes →
partOf	State of Nevada →
partOfMetropolitanArea	Reno–Sparks metropolitan area →
postalAbbreviationState	NV →
stateFIPSCode	32 →
subdivisionOf	Nevada →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Churchill County →	borderedBy
Nevada →	hasCounty
Northern Nevada →	includesCounty
Virginia Range →	region