Paradise Valley, Nevada

Paradise Valley
—  Unincorporated community  —
Paradise Valley Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 41°29′35″N 117°31′59″W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Humboldt
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
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Paradise Valley (zip code 89426) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada, near the southeastern boundary of Humboldt National Forest. It is about fifteen miles (24 km) east of Orovada and U.S. Highway 95.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 308 people in the 89426 5-Digit Zip Code Tabulation Area, organized into 113 households, 83 of which are family households. There are 211 housing units. The racial makeup of the county is 88.0% White, 0.6% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander, 7.5% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. 15.3% of the population are Hispanics of Mexican ancestry, and 3.9% are from other Latino groups.

The median income for a family in the county is $41,042, and the median income for a household is $22,250.

The town is name checked in The Beautiful South album track "This Old Skin" at the beginning of the second verse.

Education

Humboldt County School District serves the community.

The sole school in Paradise Valley is the Paradise Valley School, which serves Kindergarten through Grade 8.

Further reading

• Prudic, D.E. and M.E. Herman. (1996). Ground-water flow and simulated effects of development in Paradise Valley, a basin tributary to the Humboldt River in Humboldt County, Nevada [U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1409-F]. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.