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10 Lyon County NV
Tenth Fastest Growing County In the Nation
Lyon County, Nevada
Seat: Yerington
Lyon County enjoyed phenomenal growth during the first few
years of the twenty first century. According to the U.S.
Census Bureau estimates Lyon County is the tenth fastest
growing county in America based on percent of growth between
January 2000 and July 2006 for all counties that began the
century with more than ten thousand residents.
Yerington’s original name was Pizen Switch due to a business
that used to sell liquor that tasted like poison. It was later
renamed Yerington after H. M. Yerington, a powerful railroad
executive, in an attempt to flatter him enough to bring a rail
line to the town.Prostitution is licensed and legalized in
Lyon County and features the Moonlite Bunny Ranch and the
Sagebrush Ranch. On December 8, 2002, the Moonlite was
featured on HBO's America Undercover show special, Cathouse.
As of 2007, it is the only brothel featured on Cathouse: The
Series, now airing in a monthly second season on HBO from
February 2007 to July 2007.
Lyon County which was established in 1861, had already grown
in population to 34,501 by the year 2000. But in the six years
that marked the beginning of the 21 Century, the county
increased the number of inhabitants by 48.5 percent
bringing the estimated total population in July 2006 to
51,231.
The astounding growth of the last six years has made Lyon
County the number 1 fastest growing county in the Silver State
of Nevada and the tenth fastest in the nation.
Although no figures are available to determine how the growth
may have affected the price of homes in the area, in the year
2000 the median cost for a home within the 1,994 square mile
jurisdiction was $119,200.
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