Latah County, Idaho GenWeb Project

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Latah county was established May 14, 1888,
with its county seat at Moscow.
This area was first formed as "Lah-Toh" county
in 1864 with Coeur d'Alene as the county seat,
in 1867 the name "Lah-Toh" was dropped
when the area became part of Nez Perce County.
The present day county is approximately 1,077 sqaure miles of land and was the 16th Idaho county created.
It was named for Latah Creek,
which drains the northwest corner.

Latah is derived from the Nez Perce words "Lah" that means the place of pine trees, and "Toh" sestle, because the Indians found stones here suitable for pulverizing camas roots and shade under the pine trees in which to work.

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NEIGHBORING COUNTIES

Benewah County, Idaho -- borders Latah County on the north. Communities include Desmet, Fernwood, Plummer, Saint Maries, Santa, Tensed.
Shoshone County, Idaho -- borders Latah County on the north-east. Communities include Avery, Calder, Claria, Kellogg, Kingston, Mullan, Murray, Osburn, Pinehurst, Silverton, Smelterville, Wallace.
Nez Perce County, Idaho -- borders Latah County on the south. Communities include Culdesac, Lapwai, Lenore, Lewiston, Peck, Spalding.
Clearwater County, Idaho -- south-east of Latah County. Communities include Ahsahka, Elk River, Headquarters, Kooskia, Lenore, Orofino, Pierce, Weippe.
Asotin County, Washington -- south-west of Latah County. Communities include Anatone, Asotin, Clarkston
Garfield County, Washington -- west of Latah County. Communities include Alpowa, Berlin, Central Ferry, Columbia Center, Dodge Junction, Dutch Flat, Gould City, Ilia, Mayview, New York Bar, Pataha, Peola, Pomeroy, Valentine
Whitman County, Washington -- borders Latah County on the west. Communities include Albion, Belmont, Colfax, Colton, Endicott, Farmington, Garfield, Hay, Hooper, Lacrosse, Lamont, Malden, Oakesdale, Palouse, Pullman, Rosalia, Saint John, Steptoe, Tekoa, Thornton, Uniontown.

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