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is a census-designated place (CDP) in Douglas County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,836 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Douglas County. It is named after the town of Minden, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has possessed a post office since 1906.
US Highway 395 runs through Minden. It is also the terminus of State Route 88, which becomes California State Route 88 on the west side of the state line.
The Minden area is considered one of the premier locations for soaring in the United States.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11.1 km²), of which, 4.3 square miles (11.1 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.47%) is water.
The Carson Valley and Minden are considered one of the top gliding spots in the world. Flights of over 1600 km (1000 miles) have been made on sailplanes from this location. Its location, east of the Sierra Nevada range, favors wave formation. East of the Pine Nuts mountains is the Nevada desert, one of the best thermal generators in the world.