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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Star Valley Ranch (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Star Valley Ranch. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Star Valley Ranch ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Star Valley Ranch: Star Vly. Rnch. (or less commonly used: Star Vally. Rnch. or Star Vlly. Rnch.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Star Valley Ranch is located in Lincoln County.

To see how the shape of Wyoming's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Bear Lake (ID), Bonneville (ID), Caribou (ID), Rich (UT), Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton & Uinta.

Below are the counties that are near Star Valley Ranch. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Star Valley Ranch:

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Star Valley Ranch)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Star Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Star Valley Ranch listed first.
    • Etna
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Thayne
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Freedom
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Bedford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Turnerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnerville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
      • Turnerville is located in Lincoln County
    • Auburn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Grover
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Alpine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Alpine Northeast
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northeast
      • Alpine Northeast is located in Lincoln County
    • Alpine Northwest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northwest
      • Alpine Northwest is located in Lincoln County
    • Afton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>
    • Fairview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Smoot
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Teton County
  • Bonneville County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Star Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Star Valley Ranch listed first.
    • Caribou City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
      • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County (ID)
    • Keenan City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keenan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan City
      • Keenan City is located in Bonneville County (ID)
    • Palisades
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
      • Palisades is located in Bonneville County (ID)
  • Caribou County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Star Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Star Valley Ranch listed first.
    • Freedom
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Caribou County (ID)
    • Wayan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Star Valley Ranch, see our County-by-County Page for Star Valley Ranch.

Newspapers Published in Star Valley Ranch ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Star Valley Ranch.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Star Valley Ranch, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Star Valley Ranch.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Star Valley Ranch:

Cemeteries Near Star Valley Ranch ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Star Valley Ranch.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Star Valley Ranch covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Star Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Star Valley Ranch listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

While we didn't find Star Valley Ranch in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Star Valley Ranch.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Star Valley Ranch, with the one closest to Star Valley Ranch listed first.

  • Freedom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Freedom
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
    • Freedom is located in Caribou County (ID)
  • Afton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Afton is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Star Valley Ranch. See our List of 1890's Communities around Star Valley Ranch.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Star Valley Ranch. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wy.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Star Valley Ranch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Star Valley Ranch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9746, Longitude: -110.9592    
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Star Valley Ranch, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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