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Jean occurs as little community that is placed in I-15 about 5 miles from either a Nevada-California state line. Las Vegas is located astir 35 miles northerly.
A locality is mostly commercial using a Nevada Landing Hotel & Casino, Gold Strike Hotel & Gambling Hall, the Jean Airport (used for sport activities like skydiving), a Nevada Department of Corrections Facility established in 1987 and a Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) substation established in 2004.
Demographics
These are non clear what Census Bureau CDP includes this area.
History
the todays NHP substation was a Nevada tools & welcome center. A welcome center was moved to Primm in early 2000.
Trivia
A segment of We-15 between Vegas & California is too patrolled by California Highway Patrol officers who come camping between their Vegas homes & their patrol areas within California.
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