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Henderson, Nevada real estate is the fastest-growing large city in the U.S. and is located in the southeastern corner of the state and about 15 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the city of casinos, conventions and “The Entertainment Capital of the World.” A constant flow of new residents continues to move into Henderson, Nevada existing homes or resale homes, enticed by 350 days of sunshine each year, no state or business taxes and low unemployment. Searching Henderson, Nevada MLS resale listings is almost effortless on NewHomesRealEstate.net because we have volumes of comprehensive listings of Henderson, Nevada existing homes for sale, from mansions to investment properties to condominiums to townhouses.

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Henderson, Nevada Area Demographics

Henderson, Nevada real estate, located less than 15 miles southeast of downtown Las Vegas, was named the fastest-growing city of more than 150,000 residents in the entire U.S. from 1994-98 and again in 2002. John F. Kennedy called Henderson a “city of destiny” in a speech in 1963, just a few months before he died, but no one could have imagined how much the city would grow. With a population of 249,800 (2006 city estimate), Henderson is now the second-largest city in Nevada, having surpassed Reno (population: 193,882) in 1999. Henderson has about 74,000 more residents than it did at the 2000 census, a rate that would double the 2000 population to 350,000 by 2010.

While suburban Henderson will never outshine the glitter of Las Vegas (population: 545, 147), it is a model of controlled, planned growth with an award-winning system of parks and recreational amenities. Henderson’s proximity to Las Vegas, another fast-growing city alternatively known as “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” is the primary reason that Henderson is growing at a national-best rate, but plenty of available land, forward-thinking land-use planning and affordable housing are other principal reasons.

Henderson lies within Clark County, which covers 8,091 square miles, slightly smaller in area than New Jersey, but larger than Connecticut and Delaware combined. Thanks to the incredible growth rates of Henderson and North Las Vegas (population: 176,635), Clark County was one of the fastest-growing counties in the U.S. in the 1990s and is now home to 1,710,551 residents, about 71 percent of the entire state’s population, and an increase of about 335,000 people (24 percent) since the 2000 census and nearly four times the 1980 population of 463,087. The Las Vegas metropolitan area, also known as the Las Vegas Valley, is in an arid basin that includes about 97 percent of Clark County’s residents and is bounded by the Spring Mountains on the west, the Sheep Mountains on the north, the Muddy Mountains, Eldorado Range and Lake Mead on the east and the Black Mountains on the south.

Las Vegas, the largest city in the state, has been the county seat since Clark County was created by splitting off the southern portion of Lincoln County in 1909. Las Vegas’ population would be much higher if not for Paradise, Nevada, an unincorporated community that encompasses most of the four-and-one-half-mile “Las Vegas Strip” area of casinos and hotels and has population of 193,713, although most visitors don’t know they are outside the Las Vegas city limits when they are in Paradise. The southern edge of the Strip is less than seven miles from the Henderson city limits and scenic Lake Mead is only one mile from the Henderson city limits.

Other notable cities and towns in Clark County are: Winchester (population: 35,587), which includes part of the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip; Boulder City (population: 15,177), 11 miles southeast of Henderson; Mesquite (population: 16,180), which sits on the Nevada-Arizona border about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas; and Laughlin (population: 7,076), which lies at the extreme southern tip of the county on Lake Mohave and the Colorado River and is the third-most-visited casino destination in Nevada after Las Vegas and Reno. In addition, a handful of large unincorporated townships add to the Las Vegas metropolitan area population: Sunrise Manor Township (population: 188,519), just northeast of the Las Vegas city limits; Spring Valley Township (population: 167,115), just southwest of the city limits; Enterprise Township (population: 96,404), just east of Paradise.

The population figures do not include visitors to Las Vegas, about 35 million in 2005. Las Vegas has more than 130,000 hotel and motel rooms, including condominium-hotel rooms — and thousands more are on the way. On any given day, there are as many as 100,000 more people actually in Clark County than the official population.

Clark County also includes half a dozen federal lands: Creech Air Force Base; Nellis Air Force Base; Humboldt-Toiyabe National forest; Lake Mead National Recreation Are; Spring Mountains National Recreation Area; and Mount Charleston Wilderness Area.

Temperatures at Las Vegas range from an average high in summer of 107 degrees to average low in winter of 60 degrees. The all-time high was 121 degrees in 1972 and the all-time low was zero degrees in 1963. Annual precipitation is slightly more than four inches.

Henderson, Nevada History and Culture

Henderson, Nevada real estate is a Twentieth Century success story, in that the city did not even exist until 1929 and was not incorporated until 1953.

Clark County was a desolate area with about 1,000 residents just 100 years ago. The growth of Clark County and Las Vegas is phenomenal, as the population has approximately doubled every decade since Montana Sen. William Clark — for whom the county is named — bought the 2,000-acre Stewart Ranch in 1902.

Native American Indian tribes, including the Anasazi and Paiute, occupied area lands for thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers. Today, the Moapa River Indian Reservation covers about 72,000 acres about 50 miles northeast of downtown Las Vegas, while a much smaller reservation is located within the Las Vegas city limits. Both are homes for the Paiute tribe.

Mexican scout Rafael Rivera discovered artesian wells in the area in 1829 and named it “Las Vegas,” which translates from Spanish to English as “the meadows” or “the grasslands.” Explorer John Fremont of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, traveled into the Las Vegas Valley in 1844 when it was still part of Mexico. In 1855, Mormon leader Brigham Young assigned 30 missionaries to convert the native Paiute population. The Mormons built a fort near the current downtown area, serving as a stopover for travelers along the “Mormon Corridor” between Salt Lake, Utah and San Bernardino, California.

Nevada was admitted to the U.S. in 1864, but was home only to Indians and prospectors. In order to supply local silver mining operations, Las Vegas was established as a railroad town in 1905, when William Clark’s San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City Railroad auctioned off 110 acres of land. Las Vegas was part of Lincoln County until 1909 when it became part of the newly established Clark County. Las Vegas became an incorporated city in 1911.

Henderson traces its roots to the 1929 establishment of two communities, “Pittman” (named for U.S. Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada) and “Jericho Heights” (later known as “Basic”), the location of one of the first airstrips in southern Nevada. In 1931, Jericho Heights became a home for workers building the Boulder Dam (now the Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River 30 miles east of Las Vegas, contributing to population growth and a jump in tourism and creating recreational opportunities. In 1932, Jericho Heights was renamed “Midway City,” because it was midway between Las Vegas and the Boulder Dam. When the dam was completed in 1935, workers left Midway City. The town’s future was in question until the beginning of World War II, when local mines fostered the establishment of Basic Magnesium Inc. (BMI) to refine the coveted “miracle metal” for military airplanes and munitions.

Midway City was renamed “Henderson” in 1942 in honor of U.S. Sen. Charles B. Henderson of Nevada (1873-1954). By 1947, two years after the war ended, demand for magnesium waned, the plant was declared surplus and most of the town’s 14,000 residents departed. But a farsighted state government bought the plant for $24 million and sold it to private industry, preventing Henderson from suffering the fate of so many other Southwestern towns that became ghost towns. With the help of local industry, the city of Henderson was established in 1953 with an area of 13 square miles and a population of 7,410. In l963, Congress enacted a law conveying approximately 16,000 acres of raw land through purchase to the city of Henderson, tripling the city’s size. For the next 20 years, Henderson was a small factory town. Many original homes still stand in downtown Henderson, some occupied by families of original plant workers.

In the 1970s, the Greenspun family bought 4,700 acres and developed Henderson’s first master-planned community, Green Valley. Today, Henderson has 23 additional master-planned communities completed or under construction, with two more planned, including: Sunridge, Seven Hills, Sun City at MacDonald Ranch, Lake Las Vegas, Anthem by Del Webb, Lake Las Vegas and Green Valley Ranch.

As Henderson developed, so did Las Vegas. Although the first Las Vegas hotel-casino was not built until 1941, today 17 of the largest 20 hotels in the U.S. are in Las Vegas, many of them with exotic themes. In recent years, dining, shopping and nightclubbing in Las Vegas have become industries unto themselves, separate from gambling. Las Vegas is a city constantly seeking to remake itself and it is expected that high- rise condominium development will transform the downtown area into a vibrant urban center and change the demographics of the Strip by adding residential elements to tourist areas. About 35 million people visit Las Vegas annually.

Henderson, Nevada Attractions, Activities and Amenities

Henderson, Nevada real estate is a short ride from the round-the-clock entertainment and non-stop neon glitz of Las Vegas, which nurtures dreams of striking it rich. But as the county’s explosion in population and tourism attests, people are drawn to Clark County for more than just the gaming tables. The major attractions in Clark County are definitely the casinos and resorts of Las Vegas, but the county offers so much more, including: museums and attractions unrelated to the casinos; Broadway-style production shows, performance arts (dance, film, music and theater) and specialty shows; sports and recreation; and world-class shopping and specialty districts. Las Vegas has already established itself as a major furniture retailer and has aspirations of becoming the nation’s leader.

Henderson’s “Shakespeare in the Park” celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 and leads a list of arts and cultural programs. Henderson was one of the first places in the U.S. to provide a municipal park within one mile of every resident and its parks and recreation facilities have garnered a pile of national awards. An increasing number of shopping malls, movie theater complexes, restaurants and casino-hotels offer a wide variety of leisure activities.

Henderson also boasts the largest recreational area in the state: the Multigenerational Facility at Liberty Pointe, which opened in 2003, as well as Nevada’s only scenic bird preserve, the 140-acre Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. Henderson’s outdoor amphitheater, Henderson Pavilion, opened in 2002 and is the largest in the state.

Major casinos include:

Additional Attractions and Museums include:

Production shows, which change from place to place, include:

Special events held each year in Las Vegas and Clark County include:

Clark County contains 37 golf courses as well as dozens of opportunities for tennis, racquetball, horseback riding, running, hiking, swimming and other water sports, as well as winter sports in season. Spectator sports include: auto racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; boxing, including world championship title fights; professional billiards; professional rodeo; minor-league baseball with the Las Vegas 51s, a Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate; UNLV basketball; and arena football (the 2006 Arena championship game was held in Las Vegas). And of course, betting on almost any sports event is always available.

For those willing to venture outside the Las Vegas city limits yet stay inside Clark County, there are many options.

The Hoover Dam, which impounds Lake Mead about 30 miles east of Las Vegas, stands 726 feet high and is a truly a mad-made wonder. Visitors can learn about the dam’s construction and how its creation allowed for farming in the desert as well as inspect its eight massive generators.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which extends about 140 miles along Clark County’s eastern border from the edge of Grand Canyon National Park south to Laughlin, covers 1.5 million acres, including Lake Mead and Lake Mohave. The area is home to a wide variety of plants and animals, including bighorn sheep, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, mule deer, desert tortoise, peregrine falcon, lizards and snakes. Anglers will find bass (both largemouth and striped), catfish and rainbow trout plentiful. Swimming, boating and waterskiing are also popular.

The Lost City Museum of Archeology, near Overton at the north end of Lake Mead, features replicas of pueblo-style houses while preserving and interpreting the pre-European history of the county. Nearby Valley of Fire State Park occupies a basin with jagged sandstone walls that appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun’s rays.

Further south, at the southern tip of the county and state, is Laughlin, where the Davis Dam impounds Lake Mohave. Laughlin, the third-most-popular gambling destination in Nevada, is a vacation destination popular with people who seek recreation on the water and is home to the annual Laughlin River Run, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle event held each April that attracts more than 50,000 riders and is billed as the largest biker event in the West. The Laughlin River Stampede, also each April, has become one of the premier events on the ProRodeo circuit. A ferry operates across the Colorado River between Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona.

Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area, a 196,000-acre preserve just west of Las Vegas, contains scenic geological formations, such as Keystone Thrust Fault, which reveals the contrast in the sedimentary rocks between the gray limestone and red sandstone as well as Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, a scenic location at the base of Wilson Cliffs once owned by Howard Hughes. Hiking and picnicking are popular throughout Red Rock Canyon. Beautiful desert areas surround the Las Vegas area.

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