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.


 * 22 December 1865 - Pah-Ute County was created by Arizona out of the north part Mohave County.
 * 18 January 1867 - A large portion of Pah-Ute County and a smaller portion of Mohave County was given to Nevada by the US government.
 * Arizona opposed loosing this land, twice petitioned Congress to repeal the law. Up thru 1868, representatives from Pah-Ute county attended the Arizona legislature.
 * 18 February 1871 - exhausting all legal remedies, Arizona finally accepted the loss and discontinued Pah-Ute County, restoring the remainder to Mohave County.

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


 * Mohave County Arizona.
 * Washington county Utah (also holding records of Rio Virgin County Utah)
 * Lincoln County Nevada
 * Nye County Nevada