Lewis County, Idaho
| Lewis County, Idaho | ||
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 Location in the U.S. state of Idaho |
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 Idaho's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | March 3, 1911 | |
| Named for | Meriwether Lewis | |
| Seat | Nezperce | |
| Largest city | Kamiah | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 480 sq mi (1,243 km2) | |
| • Land | 479 sq mi (1,241 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2), 0.2% | |
| Population | ||
| • (2010) | 3,821 | |
| • Density | 8.0/sq mi (3/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 1st | |
| Time zone | Pacific: UTC-8/-7 | |
| Website | lewiscountyid |
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Lewis County is a county located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population was 3,821, making it the fourth-least populous county in Idaho. The county seat is Nezperce, and Kamiah is the largest city. Partitioned from Nez Perce County and established in 1911, it was named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis.
Most of the county is within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, though Native Americans comprise less than 6% of the county population. Similar to the opening of lands in Oklahoma, the U.S. government opened the reservation for white settlement in November 1895. The proclamation had been signed less than two weeks earlier by President Cleveland.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 480 square miles (1,200 km2), of which 479 square miles (1,240 km2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (0.2%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Idaho by area. The county contains the northern portion of the Camas Prairie, an elevated prairie-like region of the middle Columbia basin, south of the Clearwater River. The Clearwater River forms the eastern boundary of Lewis County, just upstream of where the Lewis and Clark Expedition put their canoes in the water for the trip to the Pacific Ocean.
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