Real Esate and Resources in Reno, NV
Reno, known as The Biggest Little City in the World, is famous for its casinos, and is the birthplace many world famous gaming establishments like Harrah’s Entertainment, John Ascuaga’s Nugget and the historical Harolds Club. Reno is bordered to the east by the city of Sparks. The Reno-Sparks metropolitan area is informally called the Truckee Meadows or the Reno/Sparks area, and consists of about 400,000 residents.
The population was 180,480 at the 2000 census; in 2010, its population was estimated at 225,221, making it the third-largest city in the state after LasVegas and Henderson, and the largest outside of Clark County. Reno lies 26 miles (42 km) north of the Nevada state capital, Carson City, and 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Lake Tahoe.
Reno shares its eastern border with the city of Sparks and is the larger of the principal cities of the Reno-Sparks, Nevada Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), a metropolitan area that covers Storey and Washoe counties. The MSA had a combined population of 425,417 at the 2010 census.
