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View of Orofino, 1931. Orofino oro-FEE-noh; ("fine gold" [ore] in Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, [4] Idaho, United States, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. It is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The population was 3,142 at the time of the 2010 census.
Clearwater County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho.As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,734. [1] The county seat is Orofino. [2] Established in 1911, the county was named after the Clearwater River.
Map of the United States with Idaho highlighted. Idaho is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, Idaho is the 13th least populous state with 1,839,106 inhabitants but the 11th largest by land area spanning 82,643.12 square miles (214,044.7 km 2) of land. [1]
The population was 1,295 at the 2010 census, up from 1,160 in 2000. The city lies in the narrow valley of the Clearwater River ; downstream are Orofino and Lewiston , at the confluence with the Snake River .
Peck is a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States.The population was 197 at the 2010 census.It is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area.Many residents of Peck work in nearby Orofino, Idaho.
Orofino-Peck United Methodist Church, in Orofino, Clearwater County. Only one church in Oregon, Fossil United Methodist Church, in Fossil, a small city in the middle of Oregon, disaffiliated over ...
The first discovery of gold in Idaho (then Washington Territory) was made by Elias D. Pierce and Wilbur F. Bassett on Orofino Creek (Canal Gulch) in October 1860, a mile (1.6 km) north of Pierce. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] On land ceded to the Nez Perce people at the Walla Walla Council in 1855 (with a 1859 treaty), the gold discovery led to significant ...
The expanded territory contained no population at the second census of Idaho Territory in 1864. All of the county's 276 residents were located at Pierce and Orofino. [6] In the 1870 national census, 65% of the population were Chinese. Until 1904, Shoshone County included present-day Clearwater County to the south.