Pahrump is an unincorporate town and census-designated place (CDP) in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The population was 24,631 as of the 2000 census, making it, by far, the largest settlement in the county. A 2006 estimate by the Nevada State Demographer's Office placed the population at 36,645. The town's motto is "Heart of the New Old West". Pahrump is also the location of the closest legal brothels to Las Vegas, including perhaps its most famous, the Chicken Ranch.