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Minden, Nevada
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Minden, Nevada
Minden
is a
census-designated place
(CDP) in
Douglas County
,
Nevada
,
United States
. The population was 3,001 at the
2010 census
. It is the
county seat
of Douglas County and is adjacent to the city of
Gardnerville
. It was founded in 1906 by Heinrich Friedrich Dangberg Jr., who named it after the town of
Minden
, in the
German
state of
North Rhine-Westphalia
, which was near his father's birthplace.
Minden
was founded on company land of the
Dangberg Home Ranch
and Dangberg commissioned most of the town's early buildings. Minden has had a post office since 1906.
U.S. Highway 395
runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of
State Route 88
, which becomes
California State Route 88
on the west side of the state line.
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