Reno: The small agricultural and commercial center was settled around 1859. In 1868 the Central Pacific organized the town and named it. After the decline of Virginia City, Reno was largest city in the state until Goldfield boomed. When the boom faded Reno again became the leading political and financial center city by 1910 and remianed so until the 1960's when Las Vegas's population surpassed Reno's.