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    Las Vegas, [6] often known simply as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States.

  2. Prehistory. Native American (Paiute) history. 1829–1905: Origins. 1905–1929: Birth, growth and crisis. 1930–1941: Hoover Dam and the first casinos. 1941–1945: War years. 1946–1955: Postwar boom. Casinos backers get funding. Atomic testing. 1956–1969: The beginning of modern Las Vegas. Howard Hughes. Hank Greenspun. Local government. Desegregation.

  3. Las Vegas is a city in the American state of Nevada. There were 641,903 people living in the city in 2020, and more than 2,000,000 people living in the metropolitan area. It is the largest city in Nevada. Las Vegas is also the county seat of Clark County. Las Vegas is famous for its casinos and resort hotels.

  4. 3 days ago · Las Vegas, city, seat (1909) of Clark county, southeastern Nevada, known for its casinos and elaborate hotels. The only major city in the American West to have been founded in the 20th century, it grew from a tiny, desert-bound railroad service center to the country’s fastest-growing metropolis at century’s end.

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  6. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 20th century. 1900s–1950s. The population of Las Vegas, five years before it is founded as a city, is 22. [1] 1905.

  7. The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the second largest in the Southwestern United States. The state's largest urban agglomeration, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Statistical Area is coextensive since 2003 with Clark County, Nevada.

  8. Dec 2, 2009 · Learn how Las Vegas became a desert metropolis built on gambling, vice and entertainment, from its founding by ranchers and railroad workers to its transformation by mobsters and megacorporations. Explore the city's prehistory, founding, mob era, nuclear tests, mega-resorts and more.

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