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The metro is anchored by the cities of Lewiston, Idaho, and Clarkston, Washington—named after Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, [A] respectively. As of the 2010 census , the MSA had a population of 60,888 (though a July 1, 2011 estimate placed the population at 61,476), [ 1 ] making it the 4th smallest metropolitan area in the United States.
The Lewis–Clark Valley murders refer to a cluster of unsolved murders and disappearances that occurred in the Lewiston-Clarkston metropolitan area of northern Idaho between 1979 and 1982. Law enforcement investigators have identified four victims and possibly a fifth that are connected to a single suspect. [1]
Lewis-Clark Valley is Idaho's third American Viticultural Areas (AVA) officially established by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury on May 20, 2016. It borders the northern part of the established Columbia Valley AVA .
As the metropolitan hub of the Lewis-Clark Valley, Lewiston is the primary regional transportation, retail, health care, wholesale and professional services, and entertainment center. [27] In 2017, the Lewiston, ID–Clarkston, WA metropolitan area had a gross metropolitan product of $2.5 billion. [38]
Clarkston is in the Lewis-Clark Valley, at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers. Immediately across the Snake River from Clarkston is the city of Lewiston, Idaho . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.09 square miles (5.41 km 2 ), of which 2.01 square miles (5.21 km 2 ) is land and 0.08 ...
The first Euro-Americans to reach the Snake River watershed were the Lewis and Clark Expedition, who in August 1805 crossed the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass and descended to the Salmon River at what is now Salmon, Idaho, naming the stream "Lewis's River". Thwarted by the river's rapids, they were forced to cross the Bitterroot Mountains via ...
U.S. Route 12 (US-12) is a United States Numbered Highway in North Central Idaho.It extends 174.410 miles (280.686 km) from the Washington state line in Lewiston east to the Montana state line at Lolo Pass, [1] generally along the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and is known as the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway. [2]
Lewis County is a county located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census , the population was 3,533, [ 1 ] making it the fourth-least populous county in Idaho. The county seat is Nezperce , [ 2 ] and Kamiah is the largest city.