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:*Roop County, Nevada 2 December 1862. The Nevada legislature used this name-change to assert jurisdiction to the crest of the Sierra Nevada.<ref>Lahontan Images, "Roop County" in ''Exploring Northeastern California History'' at http://www.citlink.net/~lahontan/roopcounty.htm (accessed 4 August 2011).</ref> | :*Roop County, Nevada 2 December 1862. The Nevada legislature used this name-change to assert jurisdiction to the crest of the Sierra Nevada.<ref>Lahontan Images, "Roop County" in ''Exploring Northeastern California History'' at http://www.citlink.net/~lahontan/roopcounty.htm (accessed 4 August 2011).</ref> | ||
Nevertheless, on 7 February 1865 the Nevada legislature accepted the findings of an official survey that set the California-Nevada border at the 120th degree west longitude. This split Roop County with the most populated Honey Lake Valley part going to [[Lassen County, California]], but the bulk of the Roop County land was consolidated into [[Washoe County, Nevada]].<ref name="Roop" /> | Nevertheless, on 7 February 1865 the Nevada legislature accepted the findings of an official survey that set the California-Nevada border at the 120th degree west longitude. This split Roop County with the most populated Honey Lake Valley part going to [[Lassen County, California]], but the bulk of the Roop County land was consolidated into [[Washoe County, Nevada Genealogy|Washoe County, Nevada]].<ref name="Roop" /> | ||
For Roop County records see: | For Roop County records see: | ||
:*[[Lassen County, California]] | :*[[Lassen County, California Genealogy]] | ||
:*[[Washoe County, Nevada]] | :*[[Washoe County, Nevada Genealogy]] | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||