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Nye County, Nevada (U.S.)

image by Jens Pattke, 2 September 2013

Description of the flag
Previous flag
Centennial flag
Seal

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Nye County:
Not known.

See also:

Description of the flag

Nye County is the largest county in land area in the State of Nevada. The flag is simply the county seal centered on white. The interior of the seal contains many working parts. Special thanks to Nye County Clerk Sandra Merlino for flag image.

Entity website & Wikipedia link:
nyecounty.net
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nye_County
John S. Johnson, 2 September 2013

The flag was adopted anywhere between 2008 and 2013. The former seal was phased out quite quickly, so the flag was probably adopted in 2009 or late 2008 as my guess.
Daniel Rentería, 15 February 2024

Previous flag

image by Daniel Rentería, 15 February 2024
based on photo provided by Vicki Streeter and James Ferrigan III, 12 February 2007

Divided in quarters diagonally, the upper and lower red, the hoist and fly blue, over all in the center the seal.

The former flag was likely adopted after 1964, as the “Nevada Centennial” county flag was the design chosen as the county flag that year.

Daniel Rentería, 15 February 2024

Centennial flag

image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 10 June 2001

Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 26 July 2018

Image source: gstatic.com
Paul Bassinson, 26 July 2018

Former Seal

image by Daniel Rentería, 15 February 2024

The seal of Nye County was adopted on November 18, 2008, as a result of County Commission Chairman Joni Eastley's proposal to remove the thunderbird on the seal of Nye County. This was done because she believed the eagle looked like the Nazi emblem, and this motion was passed unanimously at the board meeting on that day.
Source: the Pahrump Valley Times of January 2, 2009
Daniel Rentería, 15 February 2024