The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWhitney (formerly East Las Vegas) is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 38,585 at the 2010 census.
Whitney was established in 1942. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 38,585 to 49,061 (+27%). Half of its homes were built before 2002.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Whitney yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Whitney’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Whitney’s history is told.
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Whitney, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Whitney is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Whitney has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Green Shack in Las Vegas, 5.9 miles away.
Whitney and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.