Saint Joseph is a

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Clark County, Nevada Clark County is located in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,265,461. Most of the county population resides in the Las Vegas Census County Divisions, which hold 1,771,945 people as of the 2010 Census, across ...

, that was located on the east bank of the Muddy River west of the north end of the

Perkins Field Perkins Field is a public use government airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Overton, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. Also known as Overton Municipal Airport, it is owned by the C ...

in the

Moapa Valley Moapa Valley is an unincorporated town in Clark County, Nevada, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 6,924. The valley in which the community lies, also named Moapa Valley, is about long and lies roughly northwest to sou ...

History

Saint Joseph was established in 1865, on the east bank of the Muddy River, five miles north of

Overton, Nevada Overton is a community that is part of the unincorporated town of Moapa Valley in Clark County, Nevada. Overton is on the north end of Lake Mead. It is home to Perkins Field airport and Echo Bay Airport. History Overton was originally settle ...

. The settlement was named for Joseph W. Young, one of the colonists and a son of

Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...

. Its post office in Paiute County, Arizona, was established August 26, 1867. Saint Joseph was burned down in 1868 and its original site was abandoned, the population, post office and the town name moved to the settlement of West Point what is now

Logandale, Nevada Logandale is located in Clark County, Nevada. It was an unincorporated town in Clark County until 1981 when it was merged with Overton to create the unincorporated town of Moapa Valley. The community is the home of the annual Clark County Fai ...

.Carlson, Helen S., Nevada Place Names, University of Nevada Press, 1974 The new Saint Joseph like the other Mormon settlements in the

was abandoned in 1871 due to a tax dispute with the state of Nevada. Its post office closed in October 1871. However it became active again in May 1876. Following the Mormon return to Overton in 1880, in November 1883 the post office operations were closed at Saint Joseph and moved to Overton.

Today

The site of the original Saint Joseph is barren.

References

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