Bunkerville is a census-designated place[2] in Clark County, Nevada, United States.

[7] Bunker, on his own initiative but with permission from Brigham Young, moved his large polygamous family 25 miles (40 km) southwest to Bunkerville after the settlers in Santa Clara had failed to live the communitarian United Order.

[8] In the 1950s, Bunkerville was downwind of nuclear test sites, which caused a spike in childhood leukemia and other cancers in the region.

Residents recall playing in nuclear fallout as if it were snow, and report a lasting mistrust of the government.

[9][10] In the spring of 2014, Bunkerville was the scene of the Bundy standoff, an armed confrontation between protesters and law enforcement over the non-payment of the grazing fees by Cliven Bundy, a local rancher.

11.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.