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

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This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

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Cache Stake
Settlements in the central part of the county were continued as the Cache Stake. Settlements in the north end of Cache County were organized as the Benson Stake and those in the south end of the county as the Hyrum Stake.

Stake boundaries as of about 1930, see ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 105-106. North – to the Idaho border and beyond South – southern part of Logan East – to the Idaho border West – to the mountains CACHE STAKE OF ZION consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the north end of Cache County, Utah. Joy: were there no boundaries? Then in this case, north and east to the Idaho border, south to (where? Jenson’s should tell) or Cache Stake, Utah LDS Church Wards and Branches' Cache Stake, Utah History Timeline up to about 1930
 * Area of the County: North part of the county
 * Headquarters in (town):
 * Boundaries of stake:
 * 1856 – Colony of Saints moved into the recently organized Cache County and made a new settlement
 * 1856 – (September) a settlement was established on the site which is now Wellsville – but in the beginning was called Maughan’s Fort
 * 1858 – This settlement temporarily vacated – this same year many came back as well as new settlers
 * 1871 – Apostle Brigham Young, Jr. had general supervision in Cache County for several years
 * 1877 – Cache Stake of Zion was organized
 * 1884 – All that part of Cache stake within the limits of Idaho was organized as the Oneida Stake
 * 1901 – Cache Stake was divided into three stakes, Cache stake, Hyrum Stake, and the Benson stake
 * 1920 – Reduction of Cache Stake, when the south part of Logan was organized as the Logan Stake
 * 1930 – Cache Stake membership was 5,688 with 973 children



Obtain the Records

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

Wards and Branches
Benson, Hyde Park, Logan 3rd Logan 4th, Logan 5th, Logan 9th, Logan 10th

Benson Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 59-60 Boundaries: North – Bear River South - Logan 3rd Ward East – Hyde Park West – Bear River (on the northwest)  (Logan River on the southwest)

History timeline
 * Benson Ward is an outgrowth of Hyde Park Ward
 * First settled in 1871; organized as a ward June 14, 1877

Hyde Park Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 349 Boundaries: North – to Smithfield South – to north Logan East – to the mountains West – to Benson Ward

History timeline


 * 1860 – settlement started and settled by a few families from Lehi, Utah
 * 1860 – organized into a branch July 1, 1860
 * 1930 – total population of the Hyde park Ward was 736 with 140 children

Logan 3rd Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 440-441 Boundaries: North – northwest part of Logan City South – to 1st North St. (which separates it from Logan 1st and Logan 2nd wards of the Logan Stake) East – extends to 2nd West St. (separates it from Logan 4th Ward) West – to the city limits

History timeline
 * 1861 – all saints in Logan consisted of only one ward
 * 1861 – April 14, 1861 Logan was divided into four wards or districts
 * 1930 – church membership of Logan was 676 with 110 children and 1 Patriarch (James w. Hubbard)

Logan 4th Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 441 Boundaries: North – to 4th North St. South –  to 1st North St. East –   to 3rd East ST. (which separates it from the Logan 9th and 5th wards) West – to 2nd West St. (which separates it from the Logan 3rd Ward)

History timeline


 * 1861 – created when Logan was divided into four districts or wards
 * 1877 – complete organization for the Cache Stake took place
 * 1930 – ward had 1059 members and 150 children

Logan 5th Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 441-442 Boundaries: North – to 6th North St. (which separates it from the Logan 10th Ward) South – to the crest of the hill overlooking the Logan River East –  to the mountains (includes the Agricultural college) West – to 3rd East Street (which separates it from the Logan 4th and 9th Wards)

History timeline


 * 1861 – created when Logan was divided into four districts or wards
 * Logan 5th Ward is an outgrowth of the Logan 4th Ward
 * 1930 – membership 932 members with 3 Patriarchs (Joseph r. shepherd, Wm. Hyde and Harvey Sessions)
 * Out of the original Logan 5th Ward have grown what are now Logan 8th ward, Logan 10th Ward and North Logan Ward; also parts of the Logan 4th, 7th, 9th Wards formerly belonged to Logan 5th Ward.

Logan 9th Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 442. Boundaries: North – to the city limits South – to the 4th North St. (which separates it from the Logan 4th Ward) East – to 3rd East St. (which separates it from the Logan 5th and 10th Wards) West – to 2nd West St. (which separates it from the Logan 3rd Ward)

History timeline


 * 1917 – the Logan 9th Ward is an outgrowth of the Logan 4th Ward
 * 1930 – Ward membership was 799, including 155 children
 * 1930 – new chapel dedicated – situated on the North side of 5th North St. – between 1st and 2nd East St.

Logan 10th Ward
See ‘’Encyclopedic History…’’, p. 443 Boundaries: North – from City center to North Logan South – to 6th North St. (which separates it from the Logan 5th Ward East – to the mountains West – to 3rd East St. (which separates it from the Logan 9th Ward)

History timeline
 * 1917 – Logan 10th Ward was organized from part of the Logan 5th Ward lying north of 6th North St.
 * 1930 – Ward membership was 690, including 129 children