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> United States > Idaho > ID Counties > Nez Perce
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| Website | https://www.co.nezperce.id.us |
| Established | February 04, 1864 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | BrentinCO August 14, 2021 01:52pm |
| Description | Nez Perce County is located in North Central Idaho and is named after the Nez Percé tribe. With a total land area of 855 square miles it encompasses the cities of Culdesac (population 380), Lapwai (1,137), Lewiston (31,894) and Peck (186), and the communities of Lenore, Leland, Gifford, Myrtle, Waha, Cameron and Southwick. The total population for the county in 2010 was 39,265.
Though it was originally established by the Territorial Legislature of Washington in 1861, Nez Perce County quickly moved on to become one of the four original Idaho counties from which our current 44 were carved.
The county as we know it today was established February 4, 1864 by the Idaho Territorial Legislature with its county seat at Lewiston and present boundaries set by 1911.
Explorers Lewis and Clark traveled through the area in 1805 that would later be named for the Native American Nez Perce Tribe who lived in the region. Lewiston served as the territorial capital for twenty-two months before the capital was moved to Boise. |
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March 20, 1911 -
NEZ PERCE lost to creation of LEWIS.
(Id. Laws 1911, 11th sess., ch. 37/pp. 77-84)
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February 27, 1911 -
March 20, 1911
NEZ PERCE lost to creation of CLEARWATER.
(Id. Laws 1911, 11th sess., ch. 24/pp. 49-60)
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November 08, 1904 -
February 27, 1911
NEZ PERCE gained from SHOSHONE.
(Id. Laws 1903, 7th sess., pp. 204-206; Id. Code Ann. (1996), vol. 6, ch. 1, sec. 31-137 "Nez Perce Co."/ p. 49; Id. Laws 1905, 8th sess., pp. 331-333)
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February 07, 1889 -
November 08, 1904
NEZ PERCE exchanged with IDAHO.
(Id. Terr. Laws 1888-1889, 15th sess., pp. 50-51)
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May 14, 1888 -
February 07, 1889
NEZ PERCE lost to creation of LATAH.
(U.S. Stat., vol. 25, ch. 251 [1888]/pp. 147-149; Id. Encyclopedia, p. 297-298)
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January 21, 1885 -
May 14, 1888
NEZ PERCE lost to IDAHO.
(Id. Terr. Laws 1884, 13th sess., p. 126)
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January 08, 1875 -
January 21, 1885
NEZ PERCE lost to IDAHO.
(Id. Terr. Laws 1874-1875, comp., rev., 8th sess., pp. 730-732)
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January 09, 1867 -
January 08, 1875
NEZ PERCE gained from LAH-TOH (extinct), lost to IDAHO; LAH-TOH eliminated.
(Id. Terr. Laws 1866, 4th sess., ch. 48/p. 126)
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January 05, 1866 -
January 09, 1867
NEZ PERCE gained from IDAHO [boundary change is an estimated line due to geographic reference points that cannot be located].
(Id. Terr. Laws 1865, 3rd. sess., ch. 38/pp. 182-183)
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February 04, 1864 -
January 05, 1866
NEZ PERCE gained from IDAHO, lost to Non-County Area 1. Non-County Area 1 attached to NEZ PERCE "for all judicial purposes."
(Id. Terr. Laws 1863, local and special, 1st. sess., p. 628)
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March 03, 1863 -
February 04, 1864
NEZ PERCE lost small area to SPOKANE (Wash. Terr., original, extinct) when the United States defined the boundaries for Idaho Territory.
(U.S. Stat., vol. 12, ch. 117 [1863]/pp. 808-814; Van Zandt, 156-158)
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January 21, 1863 -
March 03, 1863
NEZ PERCE gained from SPOKANE (Wash. Terr., original, extinct).
(Wash. Terr. Laws 1862, 10th sess., p. 5)
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December 20, 1861 -
January 21, 1863
NEZ PERCE created by Washington Territory from MISSOULA (Montana), SHOSHONE, and SPOKANE (Wash. Terr., original, extinct).
(Wash. Terr. Laws 1861-1862, 9th sess., p. 4)
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