Payette (physiographic Section)
Payette may refer to: Places * Payette, Idaho * Payette County, Idaho * Payette Lake, a natural lake in southwestern Idaho * Payette National Forest, Idaho * Payette Peak, in the Sawtooth Range of Idaho * Payette River, Idaho People * Andre Payette (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player * Brayden Payette (born 2000), Canadian curler * Fernand Payette (1921–1993), Canadian wrestler * Francois Payette (1793–after 1844), North American fur trader * Jean Payette (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player * Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut, 29th Governor General of Canada * Lise Payette Lise Payette ( Ouimet; August 29, 1931 – September 5, 2018) was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of ... (1931–2018), Canadian journalist * Louis Payette (1854–1932), Canadian construction contractor and mayor of Montreal, Canada See also * 145 ...
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Payette, Idaho
Payette is a city in and the county seat of Payette County, Idaho, Payette County, Idaho, United States. The population was 7,433 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census.quickfacts.census.gov
- Payette, Idaho, 2010, accessed 2011-12-10 It is part of the Ontario, Oregon, Ontario, Oregon, OR−ID Ontario micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The settlement was originally named "Boomerang," a construction camp for the Oregon Short Line from 1882 to 1884 at the mouth of the Payette River. Logs were floated down the river to the sawmills at the camp to produce railroad ties. After completion of the railroad, the settlement moved upstream to its present site and incorporated in 1891 as "Payette," to honor François Payette, a French-Canadian Fur trade, fur trapper and one of ...
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