Spalding, Idaho
Spalding is an unincorporated community in northern Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States.[1]
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Spalding
Location in Idaho
Description
The community is located ten miles (16 km) east of Lewiston, on the Clearwater River, at the mouth of the Lapwai Valley. U.S. Route 95 runs through the community and has a junction with U.S. Route 12 just west of town.[2] The village was named after Reverend Henry Spalding,[3] 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
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spalding
- Google (11 Jun 2019). "Spalding, Idaho 83540" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 11 Jun 2019.
- Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 114.
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