The valley is approximately 35 miles long and spans Interstate-15. It is located along the Muddy River tributary of the Colorado River system in the northeastern portion of Clark County. It stretches 30 miles from the headwaters of the Muddy River to Lake Mead. Archeological finds indicate that the region was occupied by Indian civilizations from as early as 1000 B.C. Pueblo occupations of the area began around the time of Christ and spread throughout the Moapa Valley. They left the area around 1150 A.D. and sometime later the area was occupied by the Paiutes. The first permanent white settlers were sent to the area by Mormon president Brigham Young in January 1865. These settlers organized three towns in the lower valley: St Thomas, Overton and St. Joseph. Today the towns of Overton and St. Joseph (Logandale) remain. St. Thomas was covered by the water of Lake Mead in 1938 with the completion of Hoover Dam. Moapa Valley includes several small communities, bordered on the southeast by Lake Mead and the Valley of Fire State Park and on the northwest by Warm Springs Resort.. Moapa Valley has traditionally been an agricultural
area including dairying, ranching and farming. Most recently
it has become a mecca for tourism, retirement and water recreation.
Our current estimated population is around 11,000.
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