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Nez Perce County, Idaho

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—newspaper titles

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33historic places

—earliest paper

1861formed

42,090pop. 2020

22cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 33 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Lewiston, Lapwai, Peck.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Idaho is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Nez Perce titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

26 of 33 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

33 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
American Women's League Chapter House	Peck	Building	1986
Asposas, James, House	Lewiston	Building	1994
Booth, Frank, House	Lewiston	Building	1994
Breier Building	Lewiston	Building	1986
Carnegie Library	Lewiston	Building	2018
Children's Home Finding and Aid Society of North Idaho	Lewiston	Building	2007
Clearwater River Camas Prairie Railroad Bridge	Lewiston	Structure	2025
First Christian Church	Lewiston	Building	1978
First Lapwai Bank	Lapwai	Building	1980
First Presbyterian Church	Lapwai	Building	1980
Garfield School	Lewiston	Building	1982
Hasotino	Lewiston	Site	1976
Hatwai Village Site	Lewiston	Site	1982
Hester, Patrick J. and Lydia, House	Lewiston	Building	1994
Idaho Grocery Warehouse and Annex	Lewiston	Building	1982
JEAN (steamboat)	Lewistown	Structure	1989
Kettenbach, Henry C., House	Lewiston	Building	1978
Lenore Site	Lenore	Site	1974
Lewiston City Hall	Lewiston	Building	1982
Lewiston Depot	Lewiston	Building	1973
Lewiston Historic District	Lewiston	District	1975
Lewiston Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Lewiston	District	1984
Lewiston Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Lewiston	District	2018
Lewiston Methodist Church	Lewiston	Building	1979
Lewiston Vineyards Gates	Lewiston	Structure	1983
McLaren, William and Elizabeth, House	Lewiston	Building	1992
Nave Apartments	Lewiston	Building	1978
Nez Perce Snake River Archeological District	Lewiston	District	1978
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church	Lewiston	Building	1978
Tamblyn, Agnes M., House	Lewiston	Building	1994
Thompson, Gaylord, House	Lewiston	Building	1992
Twenty-One Ranchhouse	Lewiston	Building	1978
Wyatt, W. R. and Louisa E., House	Lewiston	Building	1994

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Nez Perce was formed in 1861 (1861-12-20) from Missoula, Shoshone, SPOKANE (Wash.

NEZ PERCE created by Washington Territory from MISSOULA (Montana), SHOSHONE, and SPOKANE (Wash. Terr., original, extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Nez Perce County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,607	3,965	13,748	15,253	18,873	22,658	27,066	33,220	37,410	42,090

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Park unit	33.9 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

22 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Angel Ridge Cemetery	46.47058	-116.46822
Arrow Cemetery	46.47492	-116.77075
Broncheau Family Cemetery	46.44736	-116.82016
Coyote Grade Cemetery	46.44723	-116.84785
Culdesac Cemetery	46.37706	-116.66717
Gifford Cemetery	46.44598	-116.55565
Glasby Cemetery	46.47887	-116.67077
Indian Cemetery	46.47901	-116.67565
Jacques Spur Cemetery	46.3688	-116.72432
Kendrick Cemetery	46.60737	-116.65598
Lapwai Mission - Spalding Cemetery	46.44956	-116.8147
Leland Cemetery	46.57971	-116.63124
Lenora Cemetery	46.53661	-116.53002
Lewis and Clark Memorial Gardens	46.37417	-116.99527
Melrose Cemetery	46.39861	-116.4618
Normal Hill Cemetery	46.40737	-117.02566
Old Good Hope Cemetery	46.40589	-116.49906
Peck Cemetery	46.47116	-116.43334
Red Elk Cemetery	46.32334	-116.78732
Sunnyside Cemetery	46.50906	-116.48351
Sweetwater Cemetery	46.3693	-116.80046
Tammany Cemetery	46.31072	-116.88679

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Fairburn	46.25377	-116.73209
Snow	46.29988	-116.79181
Taney	46.59934	-116.54376

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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