Henderson, Nevada
Clark County · Population 317,610 · Card no. 10708
Nevada's second largest city, built around a wartime magnesium plant between Las Vegas and Boulder City.
- The Basic Magnesium plant produced magnesium for bombs and aircraft from 1942.
- The state bought the townsite in 1947 to keep it from being auctioned off.
- It has grown from 24,000 people in 1980.
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