An kuma san shi da "Battle Born State", saboda ya sami jihar a lokacin yakin basasa (kalmomin "Battle Born" kuma sun bayyana a kan tutar jihar) Nevada ya zama jihar Nevada a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 1848. Lokacin da Nevada ya zama jihar Nevada a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 1864, Nevada ya zama jihar "Sagebrush State", don tsire-tsire na asali na wannan sunan; kuma a matsayin "Sage-hen State". Nevada galibi hamada ce da rabin hamada, yawancinsa a cikin Babban Basin. Yankunan kudu da Babban Basin suna cikin Mohave Desert, yayin da Lake Tahoe da Sierra Nevada suna kwance a gefen yamma. Kashi 86% na ƙasar jihar ana gudanar da su ta hanyar hukunce-hukuncen daban-daban na gwamnatin Amurka, tarayya da Turai.
Shekara ta 1848