Last Updated: June 18, 2026
Pahrump is in southern Nevada and only an hour drive from either Death Valley or Las Vegas. The town is known for its legal brothels and for electing a deceased brothel owner, Dennis Hof, to the state legislature. Hof wanted legislation that would bring the federal government into talks with Nevada to negotiate solutions to Pahrump’s water situation — years of nuclear testing in the region contaminated the local water supply.
