Nevada State Route 206 is rural highway serving the community of Genoa in the eastern Sierra Nevada foothills of Douglas County. Nevada State Route 206 is 15.435 miles in length spanning from US Route 395 southward to Nevada State Route 88 near the California state line. Genoa is the oldest community in Nevada having been founded as Mormon Station in 1851. Mormon Station bustled into a town which was located Carson Pass Highway and larger California Trail. By 1856 the community would be renamed as Genoa. Genoa would become a major transportation hub on the Carson Pass Highway and early Lake Tahoe Wagon Road. When Nevada Territory was first organized in 1861 the original capital was briefly located in Genoa before being relocated to Carson City. Genoa lost the Douglas County seat in 1915 and was bypassed by early Nevada State Route 3 which was aligned through Minden. Genoa would enter the State Highway system in 1936 when Genoa ...
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