Afton

History

In 1879, people in the Latter Day Saint movement began creating homesteads and settlements in Star Valley, Wyoming. The town site was surveyed to have thirty blocks, each ten acres and priced at $1.00. The community takes its name from the River Afton, in Ayrshire, Scotland. A sawmill was built in 1885, a general store in 1886, and a flour mill in 1886.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. A periodic spring is Afton's main water supply, which cycles on and off during the summer, fall, and winter at 12 to 18 minute intervals. During the spring the flow never stops due to increased water supply from the melting snowpack. At full flow the Intermittent Spring discharges up to 285 gallons per second. It is located five miles east of Afton, a short hike from the end of Swift Creek Road. Swift Creek runs through town. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Afton has a warm-summer humid continental, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Afton was on July 15, 2002, while the coldest temperature recorded was on January 1, 1979. |source 2 = National Weather Service }}

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Star Valley High School
  High · Afton · 891 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Star Valley Middle School
  Middle · Afton · 455 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• Afton Elementary
  Elementary · Afton · 416 students · 13.4:1 ratio
• Osmond Elementary
  Middle · Afton · 338 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Swift Creek High School
  High · Afton · 62 students · 8.9:1 ratio