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Virginia and Truckee Railway

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Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Virginia and Truckee Railway
Address:
4650 Eastgate Siding Rd, Carson City, NV 89701-2951

Virginia City is a census-designated place that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area. Virginia City sprang up as a boomtown with the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode, the first major silver deposit discovery in the United States, with numerous mines opening. At the city's peak of population in the mid-1870s, it had an estimated 25,000 residents. The mines' output declined after 1878, and the city itself declined as a result. As of the 2010 Census the population of Virginia City was about 855, and that of Storey County 4,000.
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