Spalding, Idaho

Nez Perce Encampment (1899)

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Spalding
Location in the western United States
Spalding
Location in Idaho

Spalding is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, located in Nez Perce County in north central Idaho. It is ten miles (16 km) east of Lewiston, on the Clearwater River and near the junction of U.S. Routes 95 and 12. The village was named after Reverend Henry Spalding,[1] a missionary who taught the neighboring Nez Percé irrigation.

The headquarters and visitor's center for the Nez Perce National Historical Park are located at Spalding.

It is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

This place is notable as the birthplace of Lillian Disney, the wife of Walt Disney.

References

  1. Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 114.

Coordinates: 46°26′49″N 116°49′01″W / 46.447°N 116.817°W / 46.447; -116.817


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