Formed November 25, 1861 (7th county)
Storey County (4,098), Virginia City* (787)
The 1875 red brick Italianate courthouse is located on B Street between Union and Taylor streets. The site is one block west of Nevada State Highway 341 in the town. Kenitzer and Raun provided the building designs. The county is an original county (7th county) organized on November 25, 1861 with Virginia City as the only county seat. It is named for Calvary Captain Edward Farris Storey. Virginia City is named for settler “Old Virginia” Fennimore. Storey County was the birthplace for 3 Nevada Governors, Emmet D. Boyle, Frederick B. Balzar, and Richard Kirman, Sr.
Storey County government consists of a manager, a sheriff, an attorney, a treasurer and a clerk (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Two District Court Judges serve Storey County and Carson City and One Justice Court Judge serves Storey County (judicial.) The county is in western Nevada. Reno, Nevada is directly north of the county. The county center is 9.8 miles Northeast of Virginia City. The county is surrounded clockwise by Washoe and Lyon counties and Carson City.
The area of the city is 264 square miles. It is 16 out of 17 in the state. It ranks 15 out of 17 in population in the state. It has a density of 15.5 persons per square mile making it 6 out of 17 in the state. Storey County has 0.0% of its population in its incorporated areas since there are no incorporated cities. There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county. The county looks like a small hill tipped toward the west. Virginia City is located near the southwest tip of the county. Virginia City is the county seat and the largest populated area. It is 19.2% of the county population. This county is in the Reno-Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Virginia City (unincorporated)
