Payette County, Idaho

Payette County was established February 28, 1917, with its county seat at Payette. Payette was originally settled as a railroad camp in the 1860s and called Boomerang for the log boom on the Payette River. The site, and the community which grew around it, was later named in honor of the area's first white settler, Francois Payette, a Canadian fur trapper and explorer with the North West Company who arrived in 1818.

Contact Information

For questions regarding property valuation, ownership and legal descriptions. Payette County Assessor 1130 3rd Avenue North Payette, ID 83661 208-642-6012 Email: sclason@payettecounty.org Website: http://www.payettecounty.org/index.php/assessors For questions regarding property taxes and tax payments. Payette County Treasurer 1130 3rd Avenue North Payette, ID 83661 208-642-6004 Email: jhowell@payettecounty.org Website: http://www.payettecounty.org/index.php/treasurer

Payette County, Idaho

Payette County was established February 28, 1917, with its county seat at Payette. Payette was originally settled as a railroad camp in the 1860s and called Boomerang for the log boom on the Payette River. The site, and the community which grew around it, was later named in honor of the area's first white settler, Francois Payette, a Canadian fur trapper and explorer with the North West Company who arrived in 1818.