Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palmyra Stake, Utah

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This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches as of about 1930, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Source for this page: p. 631-632.

Palmyra Stake
Stake Boundaries as of about 1930's See Encyclopedic History..., p.631-632.


 * Area of the County: East Central part of Utah County
 * Headquarters in: Spanish Fork, Utah
 * Boundaries of stake:

Palmyra Stake of Zion, consists of some of the settlements of Latter-day Saints in the east central part of Utah County, Utah, with headquarters in the city of Spanish Fork, which consists of five organized bishop’s wards. Beside Spanish Fork there are the Lake Shore, Leland, Palmyra and Salem wards. Palmyra Stake is an outgrowth of the Nebo Stake, which was an outgrowth of the original Utah Stake.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1924 - At a quarterly conference of the Nebo Stake held Nov. 23, the Lake Shore, Leland, Palmyra, Salem, Spanish Fork 1st, Spanish Fork 2nd, Spanish Fork 3rd and Spanish Fork 4th wards were separated from the Nebo Stake, Utah and organized into a new stake called Palmyra.

Obtain the Records

 * List of Palmyra+Stake+Utah church and other records] for Palmyra Stake, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Lake Shore Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 411.

Boundaries:

Lake Shore Ward, Palmyra Stake, Utah Co., Utah consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the Lake Shore Precinct and school district in Utah County, Utah. It is a farming district bordered by the Utah Lake on the west and north, the Spanish Fork River on the east, and the Benjamin Ward on the south.

History timeline


 * 1880 - Organized as the Lake Shore Branch May 9.
 * 1886 - The Lake Shore Branch was organized into a regular bishop’s ward June 12.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Lake+Shore+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Lake Shore Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

LeLandWard
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 427.

Boundaries:

Leland Ward, Palmyra Stake, Utah Co., Utah is an outgrowth of Spanish Fork and consists of Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district lying southwest of Spanish Fork in Utah County, Utah. The center of the ward is the Leland school house, which is located on the county road, about half a mile south of the Spanish Fork River, or 2 1/2 miles by nearest road southwest of the Spanish Fork center.

History timeline


 * 1900 - Organize a new ward southwest of the city, which was done April 29, when that part of the Spanish Fork 2nd Ward, described elsewhere, was organized as the Leland Ward.

Obtain the Records


 * List of +Leland+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Leland Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Palmyra Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 632-633.

Boundaries:

Palmyra Ward, Palmyra Stake, Utah Co., Utah, is the second ward of that name organized by the Church. It consists of Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district lying northwest of the city of Spanish Fork, and embraces the site of “old Palmyra,” which was founded on the Spanish Fork River in 1852.

History timeline


 * A few families of saints who had located west and northwest of Spanish Fork were organized into a branch of the Church called the Spanish Fork North Branch.
 * 1901 - This branch on Aug. 11, was organized as a ward named Palmyra.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Palmyra+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Palmyra Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Salem Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 737.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Salem+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Salem Branch, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Spanish Fork Wards
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 823-825.

Boundaries:


 * Spanish Fork 1st Ward


 * Spanish Fork 2nd Ward


 * Spanish Fork 3rd Ward


 * Spanish Fork 4th Ward


 * Spanish Fork 5th Ward

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Spanish+Fork+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Spanish Fork Wards, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.