Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Afton, WY

Afton is an incorporated town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, in the Star Valley, incorporated in 1902.

The 2020 census counted 2,172 residents and 806 households in Afton, up 13.7 percent from 1,911 at the 2010 census.

The first settlement at Afton was made in 1885 by people in the Latter Day Saint movement, and the town takes its name from the River Afton in Ayrshire, Scotland.

A sawmill was built in Afton in 1885 and a general store and flour mill in 1886, and the original town site was surveyed into thirty blocks of ten acres each, priced at $1.00.

Afton is home to the world's largest arch made of elk antlers: spanning 75 feet across the four lanes of U.S. Highway 89, completed in 1958, it consists of 3,011 naturally shed elk antlers and weighs 15 tons.

The town's main water supply is a periodic spring five miles east of town that cycles on and off at 12 to 18 minute intervals in summer, fall, and winter and, at full flow, discharges up to 285 gallons per second.

Swift Creek runs through the town, and Afton sits at an elevation of 6,240 feet.

The Lander Trail Museum in Afton holds memorabilia of the Lander Trail, a shortcut for the Oregon Trail created by Frederick W. Lander, and is open during summer months.

Valli Vu Golf Course in Afton was designed by Johnny Miller, a frequent visitor to Star Valley.

Public education in Afton is provided by Lincoln County School District #2, with Afton Elementary School (grades K-3), Osmond Elementary School (grades 4-6), Star Valley Middle School, and Star Valley High School among the zoned campuses, and Afton also has a public library branch of the Lincoln County Public Library System.