Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U S state of Nevada.
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11 Facts About Carson City
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The Legislature named Carson City to be the seat of Ormsby County and selected the hotel as the territorial prison, with Curry serving as its first warden.
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Carson City's development was no longer dependent on the mining industry and instead became a thriving commercial center.
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Carson City resigned itself to small city status, advertising itself as "America's smallest capital".
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Carson City is one of two state capitals that border another state, the other being Trenton, New Jersey.
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Carson City is the smallest of the United States' 366 metropolitan statistical areas.
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Carson City is generally considered a Republican stronghold, often voting for Republicans by wide margins.
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Carson City, being the state capital, is home to many political protests and demonstrations at any given time.
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Carson City became the county seat of Bullfrog County, even though it is not in Bullfrog County and is more than 100 miles from Yucca Mountain.
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Carson City has served as one of the state's centers for politics and business.
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Carson City is served by the Carson Airport, which is a regional airport in the northern part of the city.
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