[10] During the 1860s, Conrad Kiel established a ranch at the modern-day intersection of Carey Street and Losee Road in what would be North Las Vegas.

[11] Two years later in 1919, he moved together with his family (his wife and three sons) to a 160-acre piece of land a mile from Las Vegas.

[11] In 1919, the federally enforced Volstead Act was passed, which prohibited the sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol.

It was named the Oasis Auto Court, and it contained a grocery store, a campground, a post office, a community center, and a telephone.

[11] Between 1928 and 1935, a large influx of workers from the Hoover Dam settled in Williams' town, as Las Vegas was intolerant towards them.

[12][11] In 1939, Williams died of stroke, and that left North Las Vegas to the ruling of the town board.

[15] On May 13, 1964, First Lieutenant Raynor Lee Hebert, a student pilot from Port Arthur, Texas, took off from Nellis Air Force Base at approximately 2:00 PM on an F-105 fighter jet.

He was at a height high enough to bail out, but too low that if he did, he would've hit Lincoln Elementary School, which was in session with 800 students.

He kept the plane nose up long enough to pass the school, and eventually hit nine residential houses on Lenwood Avenue.

[11][18] On January 29, 2022, nine people were killed and a tenth person was critically injured following a six-vehicle crash at the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and Commerce Street in North Las Vegas.

The crash occurred after a speeding Dodge Challenger ran a red light and struck the other five vehicles.

High-tech businesses, including solar and green technology, and custom manufacturing facilities are moving to North Las Vegas.

[28] As construction began on the nearby Brightline West highspeed railroad project, PCM Railone AG announced in June 2024 that they would build a production facility for concrete ties and open a North American headquarters in North Las Vegas.

The city of North Las Vegas provides recreational amenities, police and fire protection, and water and wastewater services.

The City of North Las Vegas operates an extensive system of open spaces, parks and leisure services.

Six of the city's parks feature water amenities, including pools, ponds and spray pads.

Each offers public access computers, adult and children's programming and meeting rooms in addition to books, downloadable media, DVDs, magazines and newspapers.

Aliante Library opened to the public in May 2006 adjacent to the Nature Discovery Park, one of the most popular recreation amenities in North Las Vegas.

Alexander Library, the city's newest state-of-the-art facility, opened in March 2009 and is adjacent to a two-acre park that includes tot lots, shade structures, paved and lighted walking paths and demonstration gardens.

NLVPD grew to keep pace with the rapid growth of the city of North Las Vegas and Clark County.

As of 2016, NLVPD provided law enforcement services to an area of 100.48 square miles (260.2 km2) and a population of approximately 233,808 citizens.

[35] The institution covers an area of roughly 80 acres (32 ha) and provides for a broad variety of different courses.

[39] RTC Transit provides bus service in the city, as it does throughout the Las Vegas metropolitan area.