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Latah County, Idaho

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 9 Latah County towns.

The oldest is Moscow, established 1887. The largest by population is Moscow (25,435).

Town	Established	Population
Bovill	–	191
Deary	–	508
Genesee	–	1,030
Juliaetta	1892	624
Kendrick	–	288
Moscow	1887	25,435
Onaway	–	196
Potlatch	–	763
Troy	–	890

About these towns

Bovill: Bovill was named for a settler. Hugh Bovill was an Englishman who bought the Warren Meadows homestead in 1901 to ranch. With the rapid infusion of loggers, homesteaders, and sportsmen, Bovill and his wife Charlotte opened a hotel in 1903, which included a store and post office in 1907.

Deary: The settlement began as a waystation on the road to the forests at Bovill, Idaho. Owned by two African-Americans, Joe and Lou Wells, the waystation location was first called "Spud Hill", and then "Anderson".

Genesee: The city was named for the Genesee region of western New York, although it may also be a modification of the biblical Genesis.

Juliaetta: Juliaetta was originally known as Schupferville, named for Rupert Schupfer who homesteaded the land in 1878. He plotted one-half of his homestead as a town site and operated the first general store.

Moscow: Miners and farmers began arriving in the northern Idaho area after the Civil War. The first permanent settlers came to the Moscow area in 1871.

Potlatch: In 1903, Frederick Weyerhaeuser incorporated the Potlatch Lumber Company (eventually becoming the Potlatch Corporation), naming his son Charles as the President. The directors of the company selected Canadian lumberman William Deary to build a mill somewhere within the company's timber holdings.

Troy: The community was originally known as Huffs Gulch when J. Wesley Seat homesteaded in the area in 1885. In 1890, area businessman John P.