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Hayden is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. Located in the northern part of the state, it is a suburb of simple Coeur d’Alene and its population was 15,570 at the 2020 census.

The origins of the city of Hayden has its roots in the chronicles of Hayden Lake. The Coeur D’Alene tribe territory centered with citation to Hayden Lake and within reach Lake Coeur d’Alene, gathering plants, including abundant huckleberries, fish and wildlife found there.The first white man to visit what is now Hayden Lake was Father DeSmet though serving as a missionary to the Coeur d’Alene Indians. While visiting, he named it Lake DeNuf and recorded several stories told by the local tribe roughly the lake and the surrounding area.

In the 1870s, the Lake Hayden area began attracting white settlers due to the surrounding fertile soils and rich timber resources. Legend has it that three settlers, Mat Heyden (a soldier from Fort Sherman), John Hager and John Hickey played a game of Seven-Up poker to rule who would publicize the lake. Mat Heyden won and eventually the spelling became standardized to Hayden. Heyden planted the first orchard in the Place and customary his farm on the western shore of Lake Hayden.