Name: Auburn

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name: Auburn (Wyo.)

 

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Longitude: 1110012W

Latitude: 424732N

 

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Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

First settled in 1879, it was revived a few years later after the original settlers left the site. One of the new settlers suggested the name “Auburn”, because one of the women in the party found the deserted buildings of the original settlement reminiscent of Goldsmith’s Deserted Village. Near the oldest known salt works in the west.

Source: WPA

 

A party of Mormons erected cabins here in August 1879. After one season, they moved to other parts of the valley, but the settlement was revived a few years later. Because the vacant cabins reminded someone of Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted Village, the place was named Auburn. 

Source: Annals 14(2)

 

On May 25, 1886, William and John Corbridge and Joseph Hyrum Holbrook, with their families, arrived on the present site of Auburn. The place at that time was called Stump Creek.  At a special meeting held July 1, 1889, the LDS ward was organized and named Auburn. Up to this time the settlement had been known as Stump Creek, Burlington and Melrose. It was called Auburn in memory of Oliver Goldsmith's Auburn because the old rock building of the trappers reminded them of a deserted village.

Source: "History of Auburn" in Star Valley and its Communities

 

Other Names: Stump Creek, Burlington, Melrose

 

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History:

Auburn Post Office was established in October, 1889.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A farming and stock raising town in Uinta County, near the Idaho line. Reached by stage from Montpelier, Idaho, 50 miles distant. Located at the foot of Star Valley mountain range, beautiful scenery, fine fishing and hunting.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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