Genoa is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1851, it was the first pact in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson River Valley and is approximately 42 miles (68 km) south of Reno. The population was 939 at the 2010 census. It is house to the oldest bar in the welcome of Nevada which opened in 1853.

Located within the Utah Territory in the past the Nevada Territory was created in 1861, Genoa was first settled by Mormon pioneers. The agreement originated as a trading broadcast called Mormon Station, which served as a respite for travelers on the Carson Route of the California Trail. In June 1850, H.S. Beatie and fellow Mormons built a roofless log enclosure and corral as a trading post close a little stream. Emigrants could make a make a getting hold of of of clothing, tobacco, meat, canned goods, coffee, beans, sugar, flour and bacon. The read out was abandoned cutting edge that year. In 1851, John Reese arrived in the area with horses, cattle and a dozen wagons loaded considering supplies to assert a enduring trading post. By 1852, emigrant traffic through the area was oppressive and the pact expanded. A name office opened, a blacksmith shop was built, and sawmills were built.

In 1856, Orson Hyde misrepresented the declare of the community to Genoa, after the Italian city. The native Mormon settlers withdrew in 1857 as soon as they were recalled by Brigham Young due to the Utah War. Genoa served as the first capital of the Nevada Territory in 1861, until it was moved that year to Carson City.

Nevada’s first newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise, was founded in Genoa in 1858, but moved to Virginia City in 1860. It was the site of the first ranch in Nevada.