The Snowflake Arizona Temple is the 108th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Mormon pioneers first settled Snowflake, Arizona in 1878 at the request of LDS Church president Brigham Young. The town of Snowflake was named after William J. Flake and Erastus Snow, two of the church's early leaders who helped supervise colonization of the area.