Name: Star Valley

County: Lincoln

Authority Name: Star Valley (Wyo.)

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1110140W

Latitude: 430724N

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Elevation: 5636/1718

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Valley

Origin of Name:

A narrow valley on the western border of Wyoming, named by Moss Thatcher, leader of the Mormon Church in 1878, the “Star of all valleys”. It is also reported that the first group of Mormons who settled there starved out in the first winter, so that it was first known as “Starved Valley.” 

Source: WPA

In the late 1870's, Apostle Moses Thatcher stood on a point of vantage overlooking Star Valley and saw that is was good. "I hearby name this valley Star Valley," he said, " because it is the star of all valleys." A story of opposite import asserts that the "star" was originally named Starved Valley, because the earliest settlers had insufficient food during their first winter there.

Source: Wyoming Guide 

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Alternative Spellings: Starr Valley, Starved Valley

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Etna

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