About Our Community About Our Community | Administration | Board of Directors | Directions | Ethics Committee | Mission | Overview | Phone Directory | Visitors Information | Volunteers Located in southwestern Missouri, Nevada is a community oriented town of 10,000 with a service area of 47,000. Life in Nevada offers the advantages of rural living with quick and easy access to amenities of nearby metropolitan areas. Nevada is located 90 miles south of Kansas City, Missouri and 50 miles north of Joplin, Missouri with easy access to professional sports, cultural activities, hunting and fishing. Affordable housing and an excellent school system, Cottey College and branches of a university and community college, make Nevada an excellent place to raise a family. For more information about Nevada, visit our Web Links page and click on Local Interests, click here.