Pah-Ute County, Arizona Genealogy

United States Arizona  Pah-Ute County

Pah-Ute County was a former county in the northwest corner of Arizona Territory from 1865 until 1871. Part of Pah-Ute County was given by the U.S. Congress on 18 January 1867 to Nevada.


 * Ewell County on 8 November 1864 was created by Arizona out of the northwest part Mohave County.
 * Ewell County's name 22 November 1865 was changed by Arizona to Pah-Ute County.
 * A large portion of Pah-Ute County 18 January 1867 was given to Nevada.
 * Remainder of Pah-Ute County on 21 March 1895 was merged by Arizona back into Mohave County.


 * For the records, see Mohave County

The former Pah-Ute County land in Nevada was used to form Clark County, and the southern parts of Lincoln and Nye counties in Nevada

Reference

 * Thomas Edwin Farish, History of Arizona (San Francisco, 1915)