Tooele County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Tooele County

When Tooele County, Utah Territory was created 3 March 1852 it extended into present-day Nevada from the shore of the Great Salt Lake on the east to the western edge of the Great Basin in California between Desert and Juab counties in Utah Territory.

On 5 January 1856 Tooele County was reduced significantly, and former Tooele County land in present-day Nevada was used to form part of Carson, Humboldt, and Saint Mary's counties. In present-day Utah Tooele County was also reduced by the creation of Shambip County.

For records of Tooele County in what is present-day Nevada, see:


 * Nevada State Archives.
 * Utah State Archives may have a few records from the Utah Territory Tooele County courts and deeds.


 * Some records for old Tooele County, Utah Territory may have been transferred to, or may have been re-recorded in the new counties formed from the old Tooele. See also:


 * Carson County, Nevada
 * Humboldt County, Nevada
 * Saint Mary's County, Nevada

For records of Tooele County in what is present-day Nevada, see:


 * Tooele County, Utah
 * Shambip County, Utah