Name: Etna

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1110040W

Latitude: 430200N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5814/1772

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named by Bishop Carl Cook, who suggested the name because it was short and easy to pronounce. 

Source: WPA

 

Selected from a list of possible names in 1906.

Source: Star Valley and its Communities

 

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Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Etna Post Office was established in January, 1908.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Uinta County in an agricultural district.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Lincoln County, 100 miles north of Kemmerer, the county seat and 6 miles from Freedom the banking point. Montpelier, Idaho is the nearest railroad point. Farming is the principal industry. Population 275. Altitude 5,500 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Etna

 

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