Pahrump ( pə-RUMP) is an unincorporated town located at the southernmost tip of Nye County, Nevada, United States, about 62 miles (100 km) west of Las Vegas. Pahrump lies adjoining the Nevada–California affix and the Place had a population of 44,738 as of the 2020 census.

Pahrump was originally inhabited by the Southern Paiute. It was slowly inhabited by settlers in the late 19th century. They reportedly chose the reveal for Pahrump after the indigenous Southern Paiute name Pah-Rimpi, or “Water Rock,” so named because of the abundant artesian wells in the valley. Because of the artesian wells, the other inhabitants of Pahrump Valley began a number of large ranch-style holdings, mostly exceeding 1,000 acres (400 ha) in size. On the ranches, alfalfa and cotton were grown, and livestock were raised.

Until the 1960s, Pahrump had no telephone sustain except a radio transmitter phone in a phone booth neighboring the small market, and there were no paved roads in or out of the Pahrump Valley. As Las Vegas grew, real house speculation became somewhat more popular in the area. This led to the instigation of telephone benefits and the construction of a paved highway between Las Vegas and Pahrump during the late 1960s. Later, this road (NV 160) was lengthy from Pahrump northward to US 95, near Amargosa Valley. A second paved road (NV 372) was introduced that went from Pahrump to neighboring Shoshone, California, which provided a belong to to the Death Valley area, as with ease as a shorter route to those wishing to travel to Los Angeles or extra areas in California. In the fifties and sixties, there was a two-room elementary speculative and the high school students went to Shoshone. In 1974, Pahrump’s first high school, Pahrump Valley High School, was constructed.

Pahrump is an archetypal example of an exurb. Almost anything significant agriculture has curtains in the valley, and more than the years the surface aquifers have been drained.