Lewis County, Idaho

Lewis County
Lewis County
County
	State Bank of Kamiah
	Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Idaho
	Idaho's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 46°14′N 116°26′W / 46.24°N 116.43°W
Country	United States
State	Idaho
Founded	March 3, 1911
Named for	Meriwether Lewis
Seat	Nezperce
Largest city	Kamiah
Area
• Total	480 sq mi (1,200 km2)
• Land	479 sq mi (1,240 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	3,533
• Density	7.4/sq mi (2.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	lewiscountyid.us

Lewis County is a county located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,533,^[1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Idaho. The county seat is Nezperce,^[2] and Kamiah is the largest city. Partitioned from Nez Perce County and established in 1911,^[3] it was named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis. Most of the county is within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, though Native Americans comprise less than 6% of the county population.^[4] Similar to the opening of lands in Oklahoma, the U.S. government opened the reservation for white settlement in November 1895. The proclamation had been signed less than two weeks earlier by President Cleveland.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

^ Cite error: The named reference 2020 Census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Lewis County one of state's youngest, and richest". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 5, 1955. p. 11.
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^ Hamilton, Ladd (June 25, 1961). "Heads were popping up all over the place". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 14.
^ Brammer, Rhonda (July 24, 1977). "Unruly mobs dashed to grab land when reservation opened". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 6E.
^ "3,000 took part in "sneak" when Nez Perce Reservation was opened". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 19, 1931. p. 3.
^ "Nez Perce Reservation". Spokesman-Review. December 11, 1921. p. 5.