page_title: Churchill County, Nevada
hierarchical_section_title: Churchill County, Nevada
context_page_description: Churchill County is a county in the western U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,877. Its county seat is Fallon. Named for Mexican–American War hero brevet Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, the county was formed in 1861. It is not named after Sir Winston Churchill, born thirteen years after the county was formed and named.
  Churchill County comprises the Fallon, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is in northwestern Nevada.
  Churchill County is noteworthy in that it owns and operates the local telephone carrier, Churchill County Communications.
context_section_description: Churchill County is a county in the western U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,877. Its county seat is Fallon. Named for Mexican–American War hero brevet Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, the county was formed in 1861. It is not named after Sir Winston Churchill, born thirteen years after the county was formed and named.
  Churchill County comprises the Fallon, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is in northwestern Nevada.
  Churchill County is noteworthy in that it owns and operates the local telephone carrier, Churchill County Communications.
caption: Location within the U.S. state of Nevada