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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Roop County, Nevada Genealogy|Roop County]]'' | ||
'''Roop County''' was created 2 December 1862 by renaming [[Lake County, Nevada Genealogy|Lake County]].<ref name="DavWik">William Newell Davis, Jr., "The Territory of Nataqua: an Episode in Pioneer Government East of the Sierra," ''California Historical Society Quarterly'' 21, No. 3 (September 1942), 233-34. Online [http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161008 digital edition] at JSTOR ($), and Wikipedia contributors, "Roop County, Nevada" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roop_County,_Nevada (accessed 4 August 2011).</ref> <ref>John Koontz, ''Political History of Nevada, 5th ed.'' (Carson City, Nev.: SPO, 1965), 100. {{WorldCat|21179|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|215840|item|disp=FHL Book 979.3 N2k}}</ref> Roop County was discontinued and split between [[California Genealogy|California]] and [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]] 7 February 1865.<ref name="Roop">Wikipedia contributors, "Roop County, Nevada" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roop_County,_Nevada (accessed 4 August 2011).</ref> | '''Roop County''' was created 2 December 1862 by renaming [[Lake County, Nevada Genealogy|Lake County]].<ref name="DavWik">William Newell Davis, Jr., "The Territory of Nataqua: an Episode in Pioneer Government East of the Sierra," ''California Historical Society Quarterly'' 21, No. 3 (September 1942), 233-34. Online [http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161008 digital edition] at JSTOR ($), and Wikipedia contributors, "Roop County, Nevada" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roop_County,_Nevada (accessed 4 August 2011).</ref> <ref>John Koontz, ''Political History of Nevada, 5th ed.'' (Carson City, Nev.: SPO, 1965), 100. {{WorldCat|21179|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|215840|item|disp=FHL Book 979.3 N2k}}</ref> Roop County was discontinued and split between [[California Genealogy|California]] and [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]] 7 February 1865.<ref name="Roop">Wikipedia contributors, "Roop County, Nevada" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roop_County,_Nevada (accessed 4 August 2011).</ref> | ||
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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 Genealogy|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 Genealogy|Lassen County, California]], but the bulk of the Roop County land was consolidated into [[Washoe County, Nevada Genealogy|Washoe County, Nevada]].<ref name="Roop" /> | ||
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