Name: Grover
County: Lincoln
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GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1105612W
Latitude: 424730N
Legal Description:
Elevation: 6197/1889
(ft/m)
Feature Type: Populated Place
Origin of Name:
Named after Jacob Grover, who was an early Mormon pioneer located in Star Valley.
Source: WPA
Named for Jacob Grover, early Mormon pioneer.
Source: Annals 14(3)
Named in 1889 for Grover Cleveland (Intent was to name it Cleveland but it was thought that there was a town in the Lower Valley with that name.Source: Star Valley and its Communities
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History:
Grover Post Office was established in August, 1889.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
Postoffice in Uinta County, 5 miles north of Afton. Reached by stage from Montpelier, Idaho. Farming the leading industry.
Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11
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1:24000 Quadrangle: Grover
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