The community is located 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, a missionary who taught the neighboring
Nez Percé irrigation. The headquarters and visitor 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. ==References==