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History · Mormon Lake

Mormon Lake’s post office opened in 1925

Most of Mormon Lake was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1965 on.

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How Mormon Lake began

When was Mormon Lake founded?

1925

The Mormon Lake post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 90101 years
Founding year: the first Mormon Lake post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mormon Lake’s past

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The story so far

Mormon Lake, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mormon Lake yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mormon Lake is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona, south of the eponymous lake. It has an estimated elevation of 7,146 feet (2,178 m) above sea level. Mormon Lake, and nearby Lakeview, were developed along Mormon Lake during wetter years when the lake was higher. Various homes have docks far from the current shoreline. This community is built around Mormon Lake Lodge, which originally was on the lake, but now relies on a fishing pond located adjacent to the Lodge. Although at times confused with the neighboring community of Lakeview, a 1966 GNIS Board Decision clarified that they are separate, distinct communities, located one mile apart. The question has recently become…

Its first post office opened in 1925.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Mormon Lake, 1925 to 1967

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1925Post officeThe Mormon Lake post office opens
  3. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1967Post officeThe Mormon Lake post office closes
By decade

Mormon Lake, decade by decade

Today21 recent
Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's large…2018Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Nationa…Wall art inside the Mormon Lake lodge bordering the large and perpetually partially dry lake deep in the Ponderosa pine…2018Wall art inside the Mormon Lake lodge bordering the l…Inside the Mormon Lake lodge bordering the large and perpetually partially dry lake deep in the Ponderosa pine wods of …2018Inside the Mormon Lake lodge bordering the large and …View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry large lakebed in North Central Arizona, southeast of Flagstaff2018View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry larg…View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry large lakebed in North Central Arizona, southeast of Flagstaff2018View of Mormon Lake, a perennially partially dry larg…Elk art inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Ar…2018Elk art inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coc…Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's large…2018Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Nationa…Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's large…2018Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Nationa…Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's large…2018Landscape near Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Nationa…Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's …2018Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Na…Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's …2018Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Na…Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's …2018Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Na…Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's …2018Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Na…Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's …2018Inside the lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino Na…The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's largest…2018The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National …The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's largest…2018The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National …The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National Forest hunting, hiking, and fishing village near Arizona's largest…2018The lodge at Mormon Lake, a remote Coconino National …Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon Lake, Arizona2018Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon…Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon Lake, Arizona2018Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon…Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon Lake, Arizona2018Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon…Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon Lake, Arizona2018Road through the Coconino National Forest near Mormon…
On the map

Mormon Lake on the map, 1965 to 1974

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mormon Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Mormon Lake on the 1965 USGS mapMormon Lake on the 1974 USGS map1965Mormon Lake sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mormon Lake.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mormon Lake

Nobody well known was born in Mormon Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Andy DevineAmerican actor · b. 1905
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Henry L. GiclasAmerican astronomer · b. 1910
Justin FrankelAmerican computer programmer · b. 1978
Tyler GillettAmerican film director, cinematographer, writer… · b. 1982
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Blake WoodruffAmerican actor · b. 1995
R. Carlos NakaiAmerican Native flutist · b. 1946
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Mormon Lake had its own post office from 1925 to 1967.

Mormon Lake
1925–1967
19201970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
LakeviewTempe Camp
Gone or out of use
Mormon Lake Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mormon Lake’s history

What year was Mormon Lake founded?

The Mormon Lake post office opened in 1925, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (21), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.