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Many people around the country probably hear Clark County and say, “Where?” These same people will then hear Las Vegas and say, “Oh, cool!” Little do they know, Las Vegas lies within Clark County. This is why the Commission Chair of Clark County, Tick Segerblom is proposing a name change. He believes more name recognition will benefit the area and just generally clear up some confusion for people. His proposed name change is quite simple and direct, change Clark County to Las Vegas County.

Commission Chair Segerblom took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express his proposed plans.

On the social media page, he shared another post from the official Clark County account. The account posted a few photos to celebrate the 115^th birthday of the county. They shared the fact that the Nevada state legislature divided up the existing Lincoln County and formed the now Clark County on July 1, 1909. Segerblom shared this post by saying “it’s time to change our name to Las Vegas County.”

Since his post, Segerblom has been asked about the tweet. He has said that, while it was meant to be kind of silly, he also means it completely seriously. Specifically, he shared his thoughts on “how crazy it is that the majority of people who think they live in Las Vegas actually don’t live in Las Vegas… they live in Clark County.” Since the county has grown so much over the last century, lines get confused for many. The U.S. Census from 1910 shows a population of 3,000 in the county. Now, it is the home of over two million people. As Las Vegas has expanded as well, much of what people from the outside would think is Las Vegas, is technically Clark County. This is why there is confusion for residents even.

For example, the famed “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada” is not actually in Las Vegas city.

Because of this confusing nature of city lines, Segerblom believes it would simply be easier for all to actually rename the county Las Vegas County. That way, when people think they live in Las Vegas, but technically do not, technicality does not win as they would at least live in Las Vegas County. This would lead to something similar to, for example, Los Angeles County. Many in cities and neighborhoods outside of LA city still say they live in Los Angeles. Because they do live in Los Angeles County, they are, in a way, not wrong. Segerblom wants to give this peace of mind to Las Vegas residents.