Name: Osmond Community
County: Lincoln
Authority Name:
GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1105556W
Latitude: 424059N
Legal Description:
Elevation: 4104/1251
(ft/m)
Feature Type: Populated Place
Origin of Name:
Osmond, a scattered farming community, named for George Osmond, first president of the Star Valley Stake, is known locally as Sweden, because of the ancestry of most of its citizens.
Source: Wyoming Guide
The first people who came to the area named it Dry creek, which it is called by many, even today (1951) because every summer about July or August the creek dried up in the valley. When the creek ceased to dry up the name was changed to Mt. Pleasant because the settlers said it overlooked the valley more than any other point did. When the LDS ward was organized it was named after George Osmond, president of the Star Valley Stake. It is also called Sweden because many of the people are from Sweden.
Source: Star Valley and its Communities
Other Names: Osmond, Sweden, Dry Creek, Mt. Pleasant
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History:
Osmond Post Office was established in July, 1906 and discontinued in December, 1907. Mail was then handled by Afton Post Office.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
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1:24000 Quadrangle: Afton
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