Pah-Ute County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Pah-Ute County

Pah-Ute County was a former county in the northwest corner of Arizona Territory from 1865 until 1871. The part of Pah-Ute County south of the 37° north latitude and west of 114° west longitude down to the Colorado River was given by the U.S. Congress on 18 January 1867 to Nevada. The former Pah-Ute County land in Nevada was used to form Clark County, and the southern parts of Lincoln and Nye counties.


 * Pah-Ute County on 22 December 1865 was created by Arizona out of the northwest part Mohave County.
 * A large portion of Pah-Ute County 18 January 1867 was given to southern Nevada.
 * The remainder of Pah-Ute County on 18 February 1871 was restored to Mohave County by Arizona.

For records of the old Pah-Ute County in what is present-day Nevada, see:


 * Nevada State Library.
 * Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records may have a few records from the Arizona Territory Pah-Ute County courts and deeds.


 * Some records for old Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory may have been transferred to, or may have been re-recorded in the new counties formed from the old Mohave/Pah-Ute County. See also:
 * Clark County, Nevada
 * Nye County, Nevada
 * Lincoln County, Nevada


 * Mohave County, Arizona

For records of the old Pah-Ute County in what is present-day Arizona, see:


 * Mohave County, Arizona