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What is the capital city of Nevada? Carson City The capital city of Nevada is Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, named after Christopher Houston Carson. Carson City was founded as a community in 1858, seven years after the first settlement of Eagle Station trading post in 1851. When did Carson City…

Facts About Carson City Nicknames for Carson City include Carson or simply CC. Nevada’s official moniker is The Silver State referring to the state’s silver rush in the mid-1800s. Carson City was recognized by the Guinness World Records for its Nevada State Prison, from which Leonard T. Fristoe made the longest recorded escape by a…