Page "Eagar, Arizona" Paragraph 11

The first postmisstress, Emma Goldsbrough Udall, wanted to name the town Union, in a desire for eventually combining the town with other towns such as Amity and Springerville, to unite the small community.

However, the US postmaster general rejected the name as too common.

Therefore, she submitted the name " Eagarville " to honor the Eager brothers.

However, that name was also changed by the postmaster general to just Eagar sometime before December 1892 when the school district was renamed.