City of Payette Payette County, Idaho

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City of Payette: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Payette

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Payette

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Payette Official
Payette Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Payette

References to City of Payette that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

PAYETTE.—Named for the Payette River (q.v.). The county seat is Payette, named for the same.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography
Rees, John E., Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography, 1918 W.B. Conkey Company, pp. 68  |  Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

Title Cover Image: Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

PAYETTE RIVER, Payette County.—This river was named for Francis Payette who in 1818 led a small party of Hudson Bay trappers along this stream to catch beaver. He was afterwards the trader in charge at Fort Boise (q.v.) for the Hudson Bay Company.

John E. Rees, B. Sc. in Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography
Rees, John E., Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography, 1918 W.B. Conkey Company, pp. 101  |  Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography

 

Payette County

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Last updated: 2017-01-09