<page_title> List of counties in Nevada </page_title> <section_title> Counties </section_title> <table> <cell> Churchill County <col_header> County </col_header> <col_header> Carson City </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1861 <col_header> Established </col_header> <row_header> Churchill County </row_header> </cell> <cell> Sylvester Churchill (1783–1862), a general in the Mexican–American War. <col_header> Etymology </col_header> <row_header> Churchill County </row_header> </cell> </table>
Churchill County, named after the Mexican–American War brevet Sylvester Churchill was formed in 1861.