Name: Smoot

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1105452W

Latitude: 423714N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6608/2014

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

First called Cottonwood, and later renamed for Senator Reed Smoot of Utah. Smoot is a small town located in Star Valley.  

Source: WPA 

 

This settlement was first known as Cottonwood. It was organized into a ward in 1889. Some years later the name was changed to Belview. In about 1900 the name of the ward was changed to Smoot.

Source: Star Valley and its Communities 

 

A farmer's village named after Sen. Reed Smoot of Utah. The southern end of Smoot is known as Forest Dell.

Source: Star Valley and its Communities

 

Other Names: Cottonwood, Belview, Forest Dell

 

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History:

Smoot Post Office was established on March 4, 1901 in Uinta County prior to the formation of Lincoln County. Moses S. Moffett was the first postmaster. 

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A postoffice in Uinta County, 9 miles south of Afton. Reached by stage from Montpelier, Idaho.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Lincoln County, 100 miles north of Kemmerer, the county seat and 8 miles from Afton the nearest banking point. Montpelier is the nearest railroad point. Population 290. Altitude 6,604 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Smoot

 

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