Everything about Moapa Valley Nevada totally explained
Moapa Valley is a valley and
census-designated place (CDP) in
Clark County,
Nevada,
United States. The valley is about 40 miles long and lies roughly northwest to southeast. The
Muddy River, formerly called the Moapa River, originates from warm springs and flows through the valley before emptying into
Lake Mead. The towns of
Moapa,
Logandale and
Overton are located in the valley. Logandale is about 12 miles southeast of Moapa and Overton is about 5 miles southeast of Logandale. Prior to the creation of Lake Mead, Moapa Valley also included the town of
St. Thomas. It was abandoned in 1938 due to the rising lake level. The population of the census-designated place, which doesn't include Moapa, was 48,784 at the
2000 census, and was estimated to be 69,260 in 2007.
Geography
Moapa Valley is located at (36.574536, -114.457940).
Has an elevation on 1,265 ft. above sea level.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 43.7
square miles (113.2
km²), of which, 43.6 square miles (112.8 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (0.30%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 5,784 people, 1,934 households, and 1,525 families residing in the CDP. The
population density was 132.7 people per square mile (51.3/km²). There were 2,213 housing units at an average density of 50.8/sq mi (19.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.41%
White, 0.24%
African American, 0.66%
Native American, 0.26%
Asian, 0.36%
Pacific Islander, 4.34% from
other races, and 1.73% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 9.09% of the population.
There were 1,934 households out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.8% were
married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.1% were non-families. 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.99 and the average family size was 3.43.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 33.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,942, and the median income for a family was $47,575. Males had a median income of $42,348 versus $26,442 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $16,696. About 5.7% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.
History
The Moapa Valley was originally settled by the
Anasazi people around 350 B.C. Around 500 A.D., farming supplanted hunting as the major food source for the people known as
"Basketmakers". It was also around this time that the art of pottery was introduced. By 600 A.D. the people, now known as
"Puebloans", began building their dwellings above ground, using wood and brush plastered with
Adobe. Farming was a well-established practice with corn, beans, squash, and cotton being the primary crops. The Puebloans also hunted
Mule deer,
desert big horn sheep,
rabbits, and
rodents using the
bow and arrow.
Around 1000 A.D.
Southern Paiutes moved into the Moapa Valley area. The Paiutes were
hunter-gatherers who didn't utilize agriculture as a primary source of subsistence. They lived in temporary brush dwellings and practiced a style of
pottery that was inferior to the methods used by the Anasazi. The Paiutes and Anasazi people coexisted with little effort in the valley.
Sometime around 1150 A.D., the Anasazi abandoned Moapa Valley possibly due to a
drought which gripped the Desert Southwest during that time. When the first European settlers arrived, the Paiutes were relocated to a reservation north of
Moapa where they continue to live today.
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