Enterprise, Nevada

Enterprise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas Valley in Clark County, Nevada, United States.

In 1905, the railroad town of Arden was formed for miners who worked at the nearby gypsum mines just west of the area.

[8] On April 21, 1958, United Airlines Flight 736 and an Air Force jet collided into each other, causing 49 fatalities.

[9] 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.

[11] 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.

[12] Not long after the founding of Enterprise, population and development have seen a rapid growth, similar to many other communities in unincorporated Clark County.

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 46.51 square miles (120.5 km2).

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.

[14] Federally, all of Enterprise falls within Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, which is represented by Susie Lee, a Democrat.

Town Square Las Vegas, previously the location of the Vacation Village hotel and casino, is another major attraction that falls within the boundaries.

The economy of Enterprise is specialized in Arts, Entertainment, Recreation; Accommodation & Food Service; and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing, which employ respectively 5.14; 2.95; and 1.67 times more people than what would be expected in a location of this size.

The largest industries in Enterprise are Accommodation & Food Service (15,756), Arts, Entertainment, Recreation (7,782), and Retail trade (7,486), and the highest paying industries are Management of Companies & Enterprises ($193,833), Mining, Quarrying, Oil, Gas Extraction( $78,750), and Utilities ($67,273).

Aerial view of the I-15/I-215 interchange in Enterprise looking south from Sunset Road in 2014
Clark County map