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.


 * On 22 December 1865, Pah-Ute County was created by Arizona out of the northwest part Mohave County.
 * A large portion of Pah-Ute County was given to southern Nevada by the US government on 18 January 1867.
 * Representatives from Pah-Ute county attended the Arizona legislature up thru 1868.
 * Arizona opposed loosing this land, but exhausted all legal remedies.
 * Arizona finally accepted the loss and restored the remainder of Pah-Ute County to Mohave County on 18 February 1871.

Records of Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory may be found in the following counties due to transfer, creatation, or re-recording:


 * Mohave County Arizona.
 * Clark County Nevada
 * Lincoln County Nevada
 * Nye County Nevada
 * Rio Virgin County Utah