[2] Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Washoe City was the first county seat in 1861 and was replaced by Reno in 1871.

In 1911, a small band of Shoshone and Bannock led by Mike Daggett killed four stockmen in Washoe County.

The remains of some of the members of the band were repatriated from the Smithsonian Institution to the Fort Hall Idaho Shoshone-Bannock Tribe in 1994.

[9] According to unofficial results the day after the election, 54% of voters approved of the ballot measure to consolidate the governments.

[10] The Truckee Meadows of Washoe County starts at the furthest southern runway of Reno Tahoe International Airport, GPS Coordinates 39.468836,-119.770912 and runs south east.

Rattle Snake Mountain at Huffaker Park, follows the span of Steamboat Creek to the southern east end of Washoe County.

This is the last of the range/prairie and wild grass water shed from the eastern range of the Reno Tahoe basin.

27.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 421,407 people, 163,445 households, and 102,768 families living in the county.

[20] In terms of ancestry, 16.9% were German, 13.1% were Irish, 11.8% were English, 7.2% were Italian, and 4.7% were American.

However, Republicans still hold the majority of the county's seats in the state legislature.

Democratic strength is concentrated in Reno and Sparks, while the rest of the county is much more Republican.

[29] The Bureau of Indian Education-contracted Pyramid Lake Schools is in Nixon.