Carson County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Carson County

Organized as an original county 17 January 1854 as part of Utah Territory. Included all of present-day Nevada between 118° and 120° west longitude. May also have included the Great Basin parts of California.

Discontinued 2 March 1861 when Nevada Territory was created. Became part of Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby, Storey, Churchill, Pershing, Humboldt, and Washoe counties, and Carson City (independent city).