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United States Nevada Mohave County

Mohave County is a county of Arizona from 1864 to the present day. Mohave county was never a county of Nevada, however it covered land west of the Colorado River that later became part of Nevada.

• 1864 - Mohave County was created from the 2nd Judicial District of Arizona.
  
• 22 December 1865 - Pah-Ute County was created by Arizona out of the northwest part Mohave County.
• 5 May 1866 - the part of Arizona south of the 37° north latitude and west of 114° west longitude down to the Colorado River was given to Nevada by the United States. ^{[1] [2]} All previous counties were discontinued and Nevada added the land to the southern parts of Lincoln and Nye counties.
  
• Arizona opposed this loss of land and twice patitioned the US congress to reverse the law.
  
• 18 February 1871 - Arizona discontinued Pah-Ute county. Finally accepting the loss of land to Nevada. The remainder of Pah-Ute County actually in Arizona was restored to Mohave county.
  

For records of Mohave County in what is present-day Nevada, see:

• Mohave County, Arizona (holding records of Pah-Ute County, Arizona)
• Washington County, Utah (holding records of Rio Virgin County, Utah)
• Nevada State Library.
• Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records may have a few records from the Arizona Territory Pah-Ute County courts and deeds.

Some records for Mohave County/Pah-Ute County in Arizona Territory may have been transferred to, or may have been re-recorded in the new Nevada counties.

• Lincoln County, Nevada
• Nye County, Nevada

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