Spalding, Idaho Explained

Official Name:Spalding, Idaho
Pushpin Map:Idaho#USA
Pushpin Label:Spalding
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Relief:1
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Idaho
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Nez Perce
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Coordinates:46.4464°N -116.8183°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:83540
Area Codes:208, 986
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:397192

Spalding is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, located in northern Nez Perce CountyIdaho.

Description

The community is located 10miles east and upstream 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. Spalding is part of the Lewiston, ID-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after Reverend Henry Spalding,[1] 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.

This place is notable as the birthplace of Lillian Disney, the wife of Walt Disney.

In the 1966 film El Dorado, John Wayne rode a six-year-old Appaloosa stallion named Zip, from Spalding.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rees, John E.. Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. 1918. W.B. Conkey Company. 114.
  2. News: Appaloosa stars with John Wayne . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). December 7, 1965 . 7.