Genoa

History

Genoa was first settled by Mormon pioneers in what was then the Mexican territory of Alta California. The settlement originated as a trading post called Mormon Station, which served as a respite for travelers on the Carson Route of the California Trail. In June 1850, following the 1849 Mexican Cession of territories in what is now Southwestern United States, after the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) H.S. Beatie and fellow Mormons built a roofless log enclosure and corral as a trading post near a small stream. Migrants could obtain clothing, tobacco, meat, canned goods, coffee, beans, sugar, flour, and bacon. The post was abandoned later that year. By 1851, John Reese arrived in the area with horses, cattle, and a dozen wagons loaded with supplies to establish a permanent trading post. By another year later in 1852, migrant traffic through the area was heavy and the settlement expanded. A post office opened, a blacksmith shop was built, and sawmills were built. In 1856, Orson Hyde changed the name of the community to Genoa, after the historic major Italian city. The original Mormon settlers withdrew in 1857, when they were recalled by the Mormon patriarch and head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and first territorial Governor of the Utah Territory (1850–1896), Brigham Young (1801–1877), in the territorial capital of Salt Lake City because of the Utah War (1857–1858). The village of Genoa served temporarily as the first capital city of the new federal Nevada Territory when it was organized on authority of the United States Congress and President of the United States in 1861, until it was moved later that year to Carson City. Nevada Territory's first newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise, was founded first in Genoa in 1858 but moved to the boom town…

Geography

Genoa is located on the western edge of the Carson Valley, northwest of Minden, the Douglas County seat. Nevada State Route 206 enters Genoa from the south as Foothill Road, then turns east in the center of town onto Genoa Lane. According to the United States Census Bureau, the census-designated place of Genoa has a total area of , all land.

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Largest nearby schools

• Douglas High School
  High · Minden · 1,643 students · 20.3:1 ratio
• Carson Valley Middle School
  Middle · Gardnerville · 593 students · 22:1 ratio
• Minden Elementary School
  Elementary · Minden · 380 students · 22.4:1 ratio
• Gardnerville Elementary School
  Elementary · Gardnerville · 374 students · 17:1 ratio
• Jacks Valley Elementary School
  Elementary · Carson City · 356 students · 16.2:1 ratio
• Pinon Hills Elementary School
  Elementary · Minden · 280 students · 14.7:1 ratio
• George Whittell High School
  High · Zephyr Cove · 152 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Zephyr Cove Elementary School
  Elementary · Zephyr Cove · 149 students · 16.6:1 ratio