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 Pah-Ute County, see Mohave County, Arizona.