Name: Jenny Lake

 

County: Teton

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1104328W

Latitude: 434658N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  6890/2100

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

Jenny Lake, lake in Yellowstone Park ... was named for the Shoshone wife of Richard Leigh.

Source: Gannett

 

Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park. ... Named by F. V. Hayden, and shown on many maps in his reports on the Geological and Geographical Surveys of the Territories, 1878.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Alternative Spellings: 

 

Other Names: 

 

History:

Jenny Lake Post Office was established in July, 1926 and discontinued in September, 1962. It operated during the summers only. 

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Jenny Lake

 

Newspapers:

 

Bibliography

 

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