Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory
Pah-Ute County is a former County (United States), county in the northwest corner of Arizona Territory that existed from 1865 until 1871, at which point most of the area was transferred to Nevada. The remainder was merged into Mohave County, Arizona, Mohave County. The majority of the territory is now in Clark County, Nevada, which includes the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas. Due to the transfer of most of the county's land to Nevada, Pah-Ute is sometimes referred to as Arizona's "Lost County". Pah-Ute is an historic spelling of the ethnonym, tribal name Southern Paiute, Paiute. History Pah-Ute county was created on December 22, 1865 by an act of the 2nd Arizona Territorial Legislature from the northern part of Mohave County, Arizona, Mohave County following the sponsorship of Representative Octavius Decatur Gass, Octavius Gass. Created to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population of farmers along the Colorado River, the county seat was initially Callville, Nevada, C ...
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