Arden, Nevada

Arden
Town
View of Arden from the west, with Henderson in the distance.
Arden
Coordinates: 36°01′05″N 115°13′48″W / 36.01806°N 115.23000°W / 36.01806; -115.23000
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark
Elevation^[1]	2,484 ft (757 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	57,342
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	89118
GNIS feature ID	838496

Arden, Nevada is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada. Its ZIP code is 89118. Located about 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Las Vegas, the area is experiencing rapid growth in housing development on land formerly owned by the Bureau of Land Management.

Enterprise is another unincorporated community nearby; it includes the master-planned community of Mountain's Edge.

In 1942, TWA Flight 3, carrying movie star Carole Lombard and 21 others, crashed into a mountain in the area. There were no survivors. Workers at the nearby Blue Diamond Mine provided witness accounts that helped guide the search for the plane. In 1958, United Airlines Flight 736, a Douglas DC-7 passenger aircraft, collided with a United States Air Force F-100 fighter near Arden. All 49 aboard the two aircraft died.^[2] In 1964 another passenger airplane, Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, crashed in rugged terrain above Arden, killing all 29 aboard.

References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Accident description for DC-7 and F-100 collision at the Aviation Safety Network

Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Nevada, United States

County seat: Las Vegas

Cities	Boulder City Henderson Las Vegas Mesquite‡ North Las Vegas

CDPs	Blue Diamond Bunkerville Cal-Nev-Ari Enterprise Goodsprings Indian Springs Laughlin Moapa Town Moapa Valley Mount Charleston Nellis AFB Nelson Paradise Sandy Valley Searchlight Spring Valley Summerlin South Sunrise Manor Whitney Winchester

Unincorporated communities	Arden Cactus Springs Cottonwood Cove Coyote Springs Crystal Glendale Jean Las Vegas Chinatown Lone Mountain Logandale Lower Kyle Canyon Mountain Springs Overton Primm Red Rock Riverside Sloan Stewarts Point

Townships	Henderson Las Vegas North Las Vegas

Ghost towns	Alturas Bonelli's Ferry Buster Falls Callville Colorado City El Dorado City Gold Butte Louisville Lucky Jim Camp Nelson's Landing Potosi Quartette Rioville San Juan Simonsville St. Thomas Stone's Ferry Saint Joseph

Indian reservations	Fort Mojave Indian Reservation‡ Moapa River Indian Reservation

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°01′05″N 115°13′48″W / 36.01806°N 115.23000°W / 36.01806; -115.23000

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