Nezperce’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Nezperce. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusNezperce is a city in and the county seat of Lewis County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, Nezperce had a population of 458. Nezperce is named for the local Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans. ("Nezperce" derives from a corruption of the French words nez percé, literally "pierced nose.") There is one school district, Nezperce School District #302.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 466 people in 2010, 458 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1958.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Nezperce yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Nezperce’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nezperce’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNezperce, Idaho (circa 1910), c. 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Nezperce
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Nezperce, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Nezperce is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Nezperce has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Nez Perce National Historical Park in Craigmont, 9.4 miles away.
Nezperce and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Nezperce, Idaho (circa 1910) (c. 1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.