Arden, Nevada is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated towns in Nevada

Nevada state law allows for governance of unincorporated towns under two different systems. The Unincorporated Town Government Law, adopted in 1975, applies to counties of 100,000 people or more, and any other county that opts in...

 in Clark County, Nevada

Clark County, Nevada

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...

. Its ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 is 89118. Located about 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, the area is experiencing rapid growth in housing development on land formerly owned by the Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management

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Enterprise

Enterprise, Nevada

Enterprise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 14,676 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 78,488 in 2008...

 is another unincorporated community nearby; it includes the master-planned community

Planned community

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 of Mountain's Edge

Mountain's Edge, Nevada

Mountain's Edge is a master planned community in the unincorporated town of Enterprise in Clark County, Nevada.-History:Focus Property Group started the construction of Mountain's Edge in February, 2004. The development plans included 14,500 homes and more than 22 neighborhoods with stores, office...

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In 1942, TWA Flight 3

TWA Flight 3

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, carrying movie star Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

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 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

United Airlines Flight 736

United Airlines Flight 736 was a daily U.S. transcontinental passenger flight operated by United Airlines that crashed on April21, 1958. The aircraft assigned to Flight 736, a Douglas DC-7 airliner carrying 47 persons, was flying at cruise altitude above Clark County, Nevada, en route to a stopover...

, a Douglas DC-7

Douglas DC-7

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 passenger aircraft, collided with a United States Air Force

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 F-100

F-100 Super Sabre

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 fighter

Fighter aircraft

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 near Arden. All 49 aboard the two aircraft died. In 1964 another passenger airplane, Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114

Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114

Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114 was a Fairchild F-27 turboprop airliner flying out of Phoenix, Arizona to McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on the evening of November 15, 1964....

, crashed in rugged terrain above Arden, killing all 29 aboard.