Enterprise

History

The first inhabitants were the Paiute Indians, who were spread across the Las Vegas Valley. In 1905, the railroad town of Arden was formed for miners who worked at the nearby gypsum mines just west of the area. The area was part of Lincoln County until 1909, when Clark County was split off from Lincoln County. The oldest structure in the area is a water tower, which was built in 1926. References to the area as "Enterprise" date back to at least 1918, when county commissioners established an Enterprise school district. According to one historian, the word may simply have been chosen at that time as a positive-sounding name. On April 21, 1958, United Airlines Flight 736 and an Air Force jet collided into each other, causing 49 fatalities. The airliner crash site in 1958 was empty desert scrubland, but today commercial development near the intersection of South Decatur Boulevard and West Cactus Avenue, adjacent to the community of Southern Highlands, has encroached on the site. In 1999 a small metal cross was put up by the son of a victim as a memorial to the lives lost. Enterprise was formed as an unincorporated town on December 17, 1996, in response to a petition from residents who hoped it would help preserve the community's semi-rural identity. This was made to prevent annexation by nearby Henderson. Immediately afterwards, Clark County commissioners voted to annex about five square miles of land into neighboring Spring Valley that included the master-planned community of Rhodes Ranch and a regional park. The annexation plan was developed by commissioner Erin Kenny. The vote was almost unanimous, with the sole exception of Bruce L. Woodbury voting against annexation. The chairwoman of the county commission, Yvonne Atkinson Gates, was against the annexation, but…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the census-designated place (CDP) of Enterprise (which may not coincide exactly with the town boundaries) has a total area of . Enterprise is the location of the Mountain's Edge planned community and Southern Highlands. Enterprise is bordered by Spring Valley to the north, Paradise to the east, Henderson to the southeast, Sloan to the south, and Blue Diamond to the west. Enterprise's main northern boundary is with Sunset Road, mainly Bermuda Road to the east, St. Rose Parkway to the southeast, and mainly the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to the southwest.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  12,168
• Great-tailed Grackle

  Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  12,094
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,143
• Verdin

  Auriparus flaviceps (Sundevall, 1850) · Aves
  10,995
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  9,410
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,706
• Anna's Hummingbird

  Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829) · Aves
  8,580
• Gambel's Quail

  Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) · Aves
  6,198

Largest nearby schools

• Coronado HS
  High · Henderson · 3,365 students · 27.1:1 ratio
• Liberty HS
  High · Henderson · 3,240 students · 24.2:1 ratio
• NV Learning Academy J-SHS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,137 students · 21.5:1 ratio
• Desert Oasis HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,131 students · 25.9:1 ratio
• Clark Ed W HS
  High · Las Vegas · 3,094 students · 21.8:1 ratio
• Sierra Vista HS
  High · Las Vegas · 2,998 students · 25:1 ratio
• Spring Valley HS
  High · Las Vegas · 2,668 students · 24.9:1 ratio
• Del Sol Academy of Performing Arts HS
  High · Las Vegas · 2,511 students · 24.1:1 ratio

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