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Position:Home>History> When was Nevada founded please answer I'm home schooled and have to finish aQuestion:help me Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: help me Spaniard Francisco Tomas Garces explored what would become Nevada in 1775- 1776. Genoa became the first settlement in Nevada, founded as Mormon Station in 1849. Miners populated the area and when the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, thousands of miners came to the area. It became a territory in 1861 and a state in 1864. In 1864, Nevada became the 36th state to enter the union. See here for more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada |