- Settled: Some of the original settlers were miners who wintered on the west side of Bear River, instead of in the colder northern mountains
- Origin of Name: Named for the numerous mounds and valleys un the area
- Historical Overview: Mound Valley, was historically Mormon, but many non-members (called gentiles by the Mormons) enthusiastically called the valley Gentile Valley, their postmaster even refused to deliver mail to addresses of “Mound Valley,” insisting they mail to “Gentile Valley’
- Location: 22.9 miles (23 minutes) north of Preston on Hwy 34 N
Source: “The Blazer Trail, Early History of Franklin County, Idaho; third edition, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, compiled by Alexis Champneys Beckstead