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Hayden is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. Located in the northern allowance of the state, it is a suburb of approachable 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 concerning Hayden Lake and available 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 even 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 not quite the lake and the surrounding area.

In the 1870s, the Lake Hayden area began attracting white settlers due to the surrounding fruitful 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 find who would read out the lake. Mat Heyden won and eventually the spelling became standardized to Hayden. Heyden planted the first orchard in the area and received his farm upon the western shore of Lake Hayden.