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NEVADA COUNTY ASSIGNMENTS 1926-53
Passenger: 1926-28, 1930, 1932-37, 1939-42, 1944-53
Commercial: 1926-28, 1932, 1936, 1941-42, 1946, 1948, 1950
Trailer: 1936, 1941
Motorcycle: 1936, 1941
1926 1927 1928
COUNTY   1926 1927 1928 1930 COM   COM   COM
START 00-001 00-001 00-001 1 0001 0001 0001
Washoe 07-000 06-500 06-550 7-350 1000 1250 1350
Elko 08-800 08-400 08-500 9-700 1250 1650 1750
Douglas 09-300 09-000 09-100 10-300 1350 1850 1950
Storey 09-650 09-400 09-500 10-450 1400 1950 2050
Lyon 10-550 10-400 10-550 11-600 1650 2300 2400
Pershing 11-200 11-000 11-200 12-400 1700 2450 2600
Mineral 11-550 11-350 11-550 12-850 1800 2550 2750
Esmeralda 11-900 11-700 11-900 13-200 2000 2800 2950
Humboldt 12-700 12-600 12-800 14-200 2150 3050 3250
Clark 13-900 14-000 14-450 16-500 2350 3350 3650
Nye 15-100 15-200 15-850 17-600 2550 3750 4050
Churchill 16-500 16-500 17-000 19-050 2750 4150 4500
Lander 16-950 16-950 17-450 19-550 2800 4250 4600
White Pine 18-650 18-750 19-550 22-500 3100 4700 5100
Eureka 18-850 19-150 19-950 22-800 3150 4800 5250
Lincoln 19-100 19-550 20-450 23-400 3200 4900 5400
Ormsby 19-500 20-000 20-900 23-900 3250 5000 5500

1932
WASHOE COUNTY   1932 COUNTY COM
START 1 START 1 START 1
1929 7-000 Washoe 9-000 Washoe 2-000
1931 7-350 Clark 13-500 Clark 3-500
COM 1500 White Pine 16-000 Elko 4-200
Elko 18-250 Churchill 4-700
HUMBOLDT 1929 Churchill 19-650 Lyon 5-050
START 13-001 Humboldt 20-600 Humboldt 5-400
Lyon 21-500 Pershing 5-700
Nye 22-300 Nye 6-000
Pershing 23-100 Lincoln 6-250
Lincoln 23-900 Douglas 6-500
Ormsby 24-550 Esmeralda 6-700
Douglas 25-150 Eureka 6-850
Lander 25-650 Mineral 7-000
Mineral 26-150 Ormsby 7-100
Esmeralda 26-500 Lander 7-200
Eureka 26-750 Storey 7-250
Storey 26-900 White Pine 7-800

COUNTY   1933 1934 COUNTY   1935 HUMBOLDT 1938
START 1 1 START 1 START 24-801
Washoe 8-000 7-500 Washoe 8-000 END 25-900
Clark 13-200 12-700 Clark 13-800
White Pine 15-300 14-700 White Pine 15-800
Elko 17-450 16-850 Elko 17-950
Churchill 18-850 18-150 Churchill 19-250
Humboldt 19-750 18-950 Humboldt 20-100
Lyon 20-650 19-850 Lyon 21-100
Nye 21-450 20-550 Nye 22-050
Pershing 22-150 21-200 Pershing 22-700
Lincoln 22-950 21-800 Douglas 23-300
Ormsby 23-600 22-450 Lander 23-800
Douglas 24-200 23-050 Esmeralda 24-150
Lander 24-700 23-450 Eureka 24-400
Esmeralda 25-000 23-750 Lincoln 25-150
Eureka 25-250 24-000 Mineral 25-700
Storey 25-400 24-200 Ormsby 26-350
Mineral 25-900 24-700 Storey 26-600

COUNTY   1936 1937 1939 1940 1941 1942
START 1 1 1 1 1 1
Washoe 9-000 10-500 11-000 12-000 12-500 12-500
Clark 14-800 16-500 16-000 17-250 18-000 21-000
White Pine 16-800 19-000 19-000 20-750 21-750 25-000
Elko 19-000 21-500 22-000 23-850 24-850 28-200
Churchill 20-300 23-000 23-600 25-700 26-700 30-050
Humboldt 21-200 24-000 24-700 26-950 27-950 31-650
Lyon 22-400 25-300 26-000 28-250 29-250 32-950
Nye 23-400 26-400 27-100 29-350 30-350 34-050
Pershing 24-150 27-200 27-900 30-200 31-250 34-950
Douglas 24-800 27-950 28-650 30-950 32-100 35-800
Lander 25-300 28-450 29-150 31-450 32-600 36-300
Esmeralda 25-650 28-850 29-550 32-200 33-350 37-050
Eureka 25-900 29-100 29-850 32-500 33-650 37-350
Lincoln 26-700 30-000 30-950 33-600 34-750 38-650
Mineral 27-300 30-650 31-550 34-250 35-500 39-525
Ormsby 28-150 31-550 32-500 35-250 36-500 40-575
Storey 28-550 32-000 32-900 35-650 36-900 40-975

1936 1937 1941 1942 1938
COUNTY TRUCK   TRUCK   TRUCK   TRUCK TRUCK
START T-1 T-1 T-1 T-1
Washoe T-2000 T-2200 T-2150 T-2250
Clark T-3000 T-3300 T-3250 T-4050
White Pine T-3550 T-3950 T-4050 T-4950
Elko T-4300 T-4800 T-5050 T-6050
Churchill T-4700 T-5300 T-5600 T-6650
Humboldt T-5050 T-5700 T-6050 T-7300 T-5451 - T-5900
Lyon T-5350 T-6100 T-6450 T-7750
Nye T-5700 T-6500 T-6850 T-8200
Pershing T-6000 T-6800 T-7150 T-8550
Douglas T-6250 T-7050 T-7450 T-8850
Lander T-6400 T-7200 T-7650 T-9100
Esmeralda T-6600 T-7400 T-7850 T-9300
Eureka T-6750 T-7550 T-8000 T-9450
Lincoln T-6950 T-7850 T-8300 T-9800
Mineral T-7150 T-8050 T-8550 T-9999, T-075
Ormsby T-7400 T-8300 T-8800 T-0325
Storey T-7500 T-8400 T-8900 T-0425

1936 1941 1936 1941
COUNTY   TLR   TLR   M/C   M/C
START 1 1 1 1
Washoe 300 450 50 70
Clark 500 650 100 120
White Pine 525 700 125 135
Elko 605 850 133 155
Churchill 725 1050 141 165
Humboldt 755 1150 151 170
Lyon 830 1230 155 180
Nye 845 1270 157 182
Pershing 865 1310 162 186
Douglas 915 1395 165 188
Lander 923 1410 167 190
Esmeralda 933 1435 172 192
Eureka 940 1440 174 194
Lincoln 950 1480 176 200
Mineral 970 1520 178 202
Ormsby 1050 1600 181 204
Storey 1065 1620 183 206

COUNTY 1937 SUPPLEMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS

Esmeralda 32-001 - 32-100, 32-551 - 32-600

Elko 32-101 - 32-400, 33-601 - 33-950

Lincoln 32-401 - 32-450, 33-951 - 34-000

White Pine 32-451 - 32-550

Washoe 32-601 - 33-600

COUNTY   1944 1945 1946 1946 TRUCK
START 1 1 1 T-1
Washoe 11-000 11-000 12-000 T-2600
Clark 26-000 23-000 24-000 T-4800
White Pine 30-000 26-000 27-000 T-5650
Elko 32-500 28-500 29-500 T-6650
Churchill 34-100 30-300 31-300 T-7350
Humboldt 35-300 31-500 32-500 T-7950
Lyon 36-400 32-600 33-600 T-8450
Nye 37-700 33-900 35-100 T-8950
Pershing 38-500 34-700 35-900 T-9550
Douglas 39-200 35-400 36-600 T-9850
Lander 39-600 35-800 37-000 T-9999, T-50X
Esmeralda 39-900 36-100 37-300 T-200X
Eureka 40-100 36-300 37-550 T-550X
Lincoln 41-100 37-300 38-550 T-850X
Mineral 43-100 39-300 40-050 T-999X, T-0350
Ormsby 44-000 40-200 41-025 T-0625
Storey 44-200 40-400 41-225 T-0700

COUNTY   1947 COUNTY   1951 COUNTY   1953
START 1 START 1 START 1
Washoe 15-000 Washoe 22-000? Washoe 23-500
Clark 27-000 Clark 40-000 Clark 48-500
White Pine 30-000 White Pine 43-000 White Pine 52-200
Elko 32-600 Elko 46-500 Elko 55-900
Churchill 34-400 Churchill 48-600? Churchill 58-200
Humboldt 35-600 Humboldt 50-300 Humboldt 59-900
Lyon 36-700 Lyon 51-500 Lyon 61-900
Mineral 37-950 Mineral 53-100 Nye 63-500
Nye 38-700 Pershing 54-200 Pershing 65-000
Pershing 39-600 Lincoln 55-400 Lincoln 66-300
Douglas 40-300 Ormsby 56-900 Mineral 69-300
Lander 40-700 Douglas 57-900 Ormsby 70-800
Esmeralda 41-000 Nye 58-750 Douglas 72-000
Eureka 41-280 Lander 59-300 Lander 72-500
Lincoln 42-280 Esmeralda 59-600 Eureka 72-800
Ormsby 43-480 Eureka 59-900 Esmeralda 73-100
Storey 43-730 Storey 60-200 Storey 73-400

COUNTY   1948 1949 1950 1952 1948 TRUCK 1950 TRUCK
START 1 1 1 1 T-1 T-1
Washoe 18-000 21-000 21-000 23-000 T-3600 T-4300
Clark 32-000 35-000 36-000 44-000 T-6100 T-7500
White Pine 35-000 38-000 39-000 47-500 T-7100 T-8500
Elko 38-000 41-300 42-300 51-200 T-8500 T-9999, T-100X
Churchill 39-800 43-200 44-300 53-400 T-9300 T-999X
Humboldt 41-200 44-600 45-900 55-100 T-9999 T-850R
Lyon 42-300 45-700 47-100 56-600 T-0600 T-999R, T-500T
Nye 43-100 46-550 47-950 57-700 T-0999 T-999T
Pershing 44-000 47-550 48-950 58-800 T-500X T-500N
Lincoln 45-000 48-550 50-150 60-000 T-900X T-999N, T-100E
Mineral 46-400 49-950 51-550 62-500 T-999X, T-200R T-450E
Esmeralda 46-700 50-250 51-850 62-800 T-400R T-650E
Douglas 47-500 51-100 52-800 63-700 T-800R T-999E, T-50D
Lander 47-800 51-600 53-300 64-350 T-999R, T-100N T-400D
Eureka 48-100 51-900 53-600 64-650 T-300N T-600D
Ormsby 49-500 53-300 55-100 66-150 T-400N T-950D
Storey 49-750 53-600 55-450 66-450 T-575N T-999D, T-50P

PASSENGER QUANTITIES

COUNTY   1926   1927   1928   1929   1930   1931   1932
Churchill 1,400 1,300 1,150 1,450 1,400
Clark 1,200 1,400 1,650 2,300 4,500
Douglas 500 600 600 600 600
Elko 1,800 1,900 1,950 2,350 2,250
Esmeralda 350 350 350 350 350
Eureka 200 400 400 300 250
Humboldt 800 900 900 1,000 950
Lander 450 450 450 500 500
Lincoln 250 400 500 600 800
Lyon 900 1,000 1,050 1,150 900
Mineral 350 350 350 450 500
Nye 1,200 1,200 1,400 1,100 800
Ormsby 400 450 450 500 650
Pershing 650 600 650 800 800
Storey 350 400 400 150 150
Washoe 7,000 6,500 6,550 7,000 7,350 7,350 9,000
White Pine 1,700 1,800 2,100 2,950 2,500

COUNTY   1933   1934   1935   1936   1937   1938   1939
Churchill 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,500 1,600
Clark 5,200 5,200 5,800 5,800 6,000 5,000
Douglas 600 600 600 650 750 750
Elko 2,150 2,150 2,150 2,200 2,500 3,000
Esmeralda 300 300 350 350 400 400
Eureka 250 250 250 250 250 300
Humboldt 900 800 850 900 1,000 1,100 1,100
Lander 500 400 500 500 500 500
Lincoln 800 600 750 800 900 1,100
Lyon 900 900 1,000 1,200 1,300 1,300
Mineral 500 500 550 600 650 600
Nye 800 700 950 1,000 1,100 1,100
Ormsby 650 650 650 850 900 950
Pershing 700 650 650 750 800 800
Storey 150 200 250 400 450 400
Washoe 8,000 7,500 8,000 9,000 10,500 11,000
White Pine 2,100 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,500 3,000

COUNTY   1940   1941   1942   1943   1944   1945   1946

Churchill 1,850 1,850 1,850 1,600 1,800 1,800

Clark 5,250 5,500 8,500 15,000  12,000 12,000
Douglas 750 850 850 700 700 700
Elko 3,100 3,100 3,200 2,500 2,500 2,500
Esmeralda 750 750 750 300 300 300
Eureka 300 300 300 200 200 250
Humboldt 1,250 1,250 1,600 1,200 1,200 1,200
Lander 500 500 500 400 400 400
Lincoln 1,100 1,100 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,000
Lyon 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,100 1,100
Mineral 650 750 875 2,000 2,000 1,500
Nye 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,300 1,300 1,500
Ormsby 1,000 1,000 1,050 900 900 975
Pershing 850 900 900 800 800 800
Storey 400 400 400 200 200 200
Washoe 12,000 12,500 12,500 11,000 11,000 12,000
White Pine 3,500 3,750 4,000 4,000 3,000 3,000

COUNTY   1947   1948   1949   1950   1951   1952   1953
Churchill 1,800 1,800 1,900 2,000 2,100? 2,200 2,300
Clark 12,000 14,000 14,000 15,000 18,000? 21,000 25,000
Douglas 700 800 850 950 1,000 900 1,200
Elko 2,600 3,000 3,300 3,300 3,500 3,700 3,700
Esmeralda 300 300 300 300 300 300 300
Eureka 280 300 300 300 300 300 300
Humboldt 1,200 1,400 1,400 2,600 1,700? 1,700 1,700
Lander 400 300 500 500 550 650 500
Lincoln 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,300
Lyon 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,200 1,500 2,000
Mineral 1,250 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,600 2,500 3,000
Nye 750 800 850 850 850 1,100 1,600
Ormsby 1,200 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Pershing 900 900 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,500
Storey 250 250 300 350 300 300 300
Washoe 15,000 18,000 21,000 21,000 22,000? 23,000 23,500
White Pine 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,500 3,700

COMMERCIAL/TRUCK QUANTITIES

COUNTY   1926   1927   1928   1931   1932   1936   1937
Churchill 200 400 450 500 400 500
Clark 200 300 400 1,500 1,000 1,100
Douglas 100 200 200 250 250 250
Elko 250 400 400 700 750 850
Esmeralda 200 250 200 200 200 200
Eureka 50 100 150 150 150 150
Humboldt 150 250 300 350 350 400
Lander 50 100 100 100 150 150
Lincoln 50 100 150 250 200 300
Lyon 250 350 350 350 300 400
Mineral 100 100 150 150 200 200
Nye 200 400 400 300 350 400
Ormsby 50 100 100 100 250 250
Pershing 50 150 200 300 300 300
Storey 50 100 100 50 100 100
Washoe 1,000 1,250 1,350 1,500 2,000 2,000 2,200
White Pine 300 450 500 550 550 650

COUNTY   1941   1942   1946   1948   1950
Churchill 550 600 700 800 899
Clark 1,100 1,800 2,200 2,500 3,200
Douglas 300 300 300 400 399
Elko 1,000 1,100 1,000 1,400 1,599
Esmeralda 200 200 150 200 200
Eureka 150 150 350 200 200
Humboldt 450 650 600 699 850
Lander 200 250 199 299 350
Lincoln 300 350 300 400 599
Lyon 400 450 500 600 649
Mineral 250 274 499 299 350
Nye 400 450 500 399 499
Ormsby 250 250 275 100 350
Pershing 300 350 600 500 500
Storey 100 100 75 175 99
Washoe 2,150 2,250 2,600 3,600 4,300
White Pine 800 900 850 1,000 1,000

TRAILER AND MOTORCYCLE QUANTITIES

1936 1941 1936 1941
COUNTY TLR TLR M/C M/C
Churchill 120 200 8 10
Clark 200 200 50 50
Douglas 50 85 3 2
Elko 80 150 8 20
Esmeralda 10 25 5 2
Eureka 7 5 2 2
Humboldt 30 100 10 5
Lander 8 15 2 2
Lincoln 10 40 2 6
Lyon 75 80 4 10
Mineral 20 40 2 2
Nye 15 40 2 2
Ormsby 80 80 3 2
Pershing 20 40 5 4
Storey 15 20 2 2
Washoe 300 450 50 70
White Pine 25 50 25 15