Minden 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.

US Highway 395 runs through the center of Minden (with a speed limit of 25 miles per hour). It is also the Terminus of Nevada State Route 88 with enters the state from California, where it becomes California State Route 88

The Douglas campus of the Western Nevada Community College is located in Minden.