Summit County, Utah Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1854--Summit County was created 13 January 1854 from Salt Lake County and Green River district (old) which extended into what is now southwest portion of Wyoming at the time.

County seat: Coalville

Populated Places

 * Cities: Coalville | Echo | Henefer (Originally Heneferville) | Hoytsville| Kamas | Park City | Wanship

Daughters of Utah pioneers wrote a small history titled: "Henefer Our Valley Home" available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Neighboring Counties
Daggett | Duchesne | Morgan | Rich | Salt Lake | Wasatch | Wyoming counties: Sweetwater | Uinta

Cemeteries
Coalville Henefer Wanship Hoytsviille

Census

 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Cluff
 * Coalville
 * Echo
 * Francis (Kamas)
 * Grass Creek
 * Henefer
 * Hoytsville
 * Kamas
 * Marion
 * Oakley
 * Park City
 * Park City 1
 * Park City 2
 * Parley's Park
 * Peoa
 * Rockport
 * Upton
 * Wanship
 * Woodland

Newspapers

 * One major resouce for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." One newspaper from Summit County is included in this digital project, the Park Records. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog