Among the newest of U.S. towns · #40 of 42 in Nevada. What drives it
Most of Enterprise was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2007. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 2000.
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year. First post office: 1907.The full story ↓
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What drives Enterprise’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Enterprise is among the newest of U.S. towns, #40 of 42 in Nevada. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Enterprise’s overall grade.
Among the 400 U.S. cities of 100,000 or more, Enterprise ranks #396 on History.
Few Nevada towns list much on the Register (a typical Nevada town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Enterprise’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (29% of Nevada towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Newer cities are common at Enterprise’s size: in the typical U.S. city of 100,000 or more, 5% of homes predate 1940.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.1 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1996.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Enterprise’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first inhabitants were the Paiute Indians, who were spread across the Las Vegas Valley. In 1905, the railroad town of Arden was formed for miners who worked at the nearby gypsum mines just west of the area. The area was part of Lincoln County until 1909, when Clark County was split off from Lincoln County. The oldest structure in the area is a water tower, which was built in 1926.
References to the area as "Enterprise" date back to at least 1918, when county commissioners established an Enterprise school district. According to one historian, the word may simply have been chosen at that time as a positive-sounding name.
In 1996, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. Enterprise’s post office opened in 1907, and the census of 2000 counted 14,676 people here.
How does Enterprise rank for history?
Enterprise is among the newest of U.S. towns, #40 of 42 in Nevada. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Enterprise?
0.2% of Enterprise’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 0.3% for a Nevada town; the median home was built in 2007.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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