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{{Short description|Former county in Nevada, United States (1861–1969)}}
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| conventional_long_name = Ormsby County
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| nation                 = [[Nevada]]
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| capital                = [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]]
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| year_end               = 1969
| date_start             = November 25,
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| stat_pop1              = 3,668
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| membership1            = United States
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| membership2            = [[Nevada Territory]] (1861–1864)
| membership_title3      = [[U.S. state|State]]
| membership3            = [[Nevada]] (1864–1969)
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| stat_year2             = 1960
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'''Ormsby County''' was a [[Nevada counties|county]] in [[Nevada Territory]] from 1861 to 1864 and in the [[Nevada|State of Nevada]] from 1864 until 1969. It contained [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]], the [[county seat]], and later, the [[List of capitals in the United States|state capital]], founded two years earlier.

== Name ==
It was named after Major [[William Ormsby]], one of the original settlers of Carson City, killed along with seventy-five other men in 1860, in an unsuccessful attempt to subdue a perceived uprising of [[Paiute]] people near [[Pyramid Lake (Nevada)|Pyramid Lake]], Nevada, which was at the time part of [[Utah Territory]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Carson City Essay&mdash;Three Historic Nevada Cities: Carson City, Reno and Virginia City&mdash;A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/carson.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831201003/http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/carson.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |website=National Park Service |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Ormsby County Courthouse.jpg|thumb|[[Ormsby County Courthouse]] in [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]].]]
Ormsby County was established in 1861 with creation of [[Nevada Territory]]. The county's population dwindled significantly after the [[gold rush]] days. By the late 1940s, it was little more than [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] and a few surrounding hamlets to the west. By the 1960 census, all but 2,900 of the county's 8,300 residents lived in Carson City. Discussions began about merging Carson City with Ormsby County after World War II. However, the effort never got beyond the planning stages until 1966, when a statewide referendum formally approved the merger. The required constitutional amendment was passed in 1968. On April 1, 1969, Ormsby County and Carson City officially merged as the [[Independent city (United States)|Consolidated Municipality]] of Carson City.<ref name=consolidatedmunicipality>{{cite web
|url = http://www.carson.org/Index.aspx?page=2
|title = About Carson City
|publisher = Carson City
|access-date =November 20, 2011
|date =May 29, 2006}}</ref>

== Politics ==
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{{PresRow|1868|Republican|500|420|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|514|310|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|844|506|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|624|452|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|537|335|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|570|354|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|417|31|414|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|284|550|16|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|311|399|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|409|218|53|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|350|343|58|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|150|294|231|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|534|610|83|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|592|413|19|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|413|415|104|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|590|426|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|486|579|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|533|745|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|748|785|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|841|665|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,095|681|25|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,653|579|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,749|822|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,946|1,283|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,997|2,129|0|Nevada}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,169|1,770|662|Nevada}}
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==See also==
* [[Empire City, Nevada]] - Former town of Ormsby County, that was merged into Carson City
* [[Stewart Indian School]] - Former Indian school and separate village from Carson, merged into Carson City with the consolidation
* [[List of former United States counties]]
* [[List of Nevada counties]]

==References==
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[[Category:1861 establishments in Nevada Territory]]
[[Category:1969 disestablishments in Nevada]]
[[Category:Former counties of Nevada]]
[[Category:History of Carson City, Nevada]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 1969]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1861]]