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Utah Church Records Iron County Church Records  Parowan Stake, Utah LDS Church Wards and Branches

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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Parowan Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 See Encyclopedic History..., p. 641-643.


 * Area of the County:Iron Co., Utah


 * Headquarters in: Cedar City, Utah


 * Boundaries of stake: Located in the south end of Little Salt Lake Valley, 19 miles northeast of Cedar City, 35 miles southeast of Beaver, and 270 miles by nearest road southeast of Salt Lake City.

Parowan Stake consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in Iron County, and a small part of Washington County, Utah. Most of the saints constituting the Parowan Stake reside in the east part of the country adjacent to the Wasatch Mountains.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1851 - The first settlers arrived on the present site of Parowan Jan. 13, 1851.
 * 1869 - 1869 Parowan was divided into two wards, namely, the Parowan 1st and the Parowan 2nd wards.
 * 1877 - Temporary stakes of Zion were organized both in Parowan and Cedar City, but the more permanent organization of a stake of Zion did not take place until July, 1877.
 * 1878 - On March 24, 1878, the Parowan Stake was more fully organized.
 * 1885 - Parowan 1st and the Parowan 2nd wards existed side by side until June 20, 1885, when they were amalgamated into one ward, which was given the old name of Parowan.
 * 1919 - From the beginning Parowan was the headquarters of the stake, until 1919, when the headquarters were moved from Parowan to Cedar City, where they now (1930) are, though stake conferences are held alternately in Cedar City and Parowan.
 * 1926 - March 14, 1926, the Parowan Ward was divided into two wards, namely, the Parowan East and the Parowan West wards.
 * 1930 - headquarters were moved from Parowan to Cedar City, where it is presently now (1930) located.

Obtain the Records

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

Wards and Branches
Cedar 1st, Cedar 2nd, Cedar 3rd, Enoch, Harmony, Kanarra, Newcastle, Paragonah, Parowan East, Parowan West and Summit.

CEDAR CITY 1st WARD (originally called Cedar City East Ward)
See Encyclopedic History..., p641-643.

Boundaries: 

Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the east part of Cedar City, (all east of Main Street).  

History timeline


 * 1908 - On June 19, 1908, Cedar City 1st Ward was organized when the Cedar City Ward was disorganized and two new wards created in it's stead, namely, the Cedar City East and the Cedar City West wards.

Obtain the Records


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

Cedar City 2nd Ward (originally called Cedar City East Ward)
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 642-643.

Boundaries: Located in the southwest part of Cedar City, being separated from Cedar City 3rd Ward on the north by Cedar St. and from the Cedar City 1st Ward on the east by Main St.

History timeline 


 * 1851 - Cedar City was settled and from these two parent colonies nearly all the other settlements of the saints in Iron County are off-shoots.
 * 1877 - Temporary stakes of Zion were organized both in Parowan and Cedar City, but the more permanent organization of a stake of Zion did not take place until July of 1877.
 * 1919 - The headquarters were moved from Parowan to Cedar City, where they now (1930) are located, though stake conferences are held alternately in Cedar City and Parowan.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Cedar City 2nd+Ward church and other records] for Cedar City 2nd Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

CEDAR CITY 2ND WARD (originally Cedar City West Ward)
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 641-642.

Boundaries: This area consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the southwest part of Cedar City, being separated from Cedar City 3rd Ward on the north by Cedar St. and from the Cedar City 1st Ward on the east by Main St.

History timeline


 * 1908 - organized in June 19, 1908, was divided into the Cedar City East and Cedar City West wards.
 * 1927 - The name of the ward was changed in 1927 from the Cedar City West to the Cedar City 2nd Ward. In 1927 a fine modern chapel was erected in the Cedar City 2nd Ward at a cost of $55,000. The ground for the building was broken May 31, 1927, and the first services held in it Aug. 14, 1927.
 * 1930 - It was dedicated March 9, 1930. This is a fine modern building containing, besides the main auditorium, an amusement hall, ample class room facilities, Relief Society quarters, and a kitchen. The little settlement of Hamilton Fort belongs to this ward.

Obtain the Records


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

CEDAR CITY 3RD WARD Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 642.

Boundaries: Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of Cedar City lying north of Center Street and west of Main Street.

History timeline


 * 1926 - Organized Dec. 5, 1926.


 * 1930 - Organized Dec. 31, 1930.

Obtain the Records


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

ENOCH Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 642.

Boundaries: The village of Enoch is seven miles northeast of Cedar City and 12 miles southwest of Parowan.

History timeline


 * None given

Obtain the Records


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

HARMONY WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries: Harmony is ten miles southwest of Kanarra, 21 miles by nearest road southwest of Cedar City, and 42 miles northeast of St. George. Harmony is pleasantly situated on the north side of Ash Creek, on a fine level tract of country which slopes gently towards the south and Ash Creek, while the northeast extremity of the Pine Valley Mountains rise majestically southwest of the settlement about a mile distant.

History timeline


 * 1852 - This is a place subsequently known as Old Harmony. A fort was built on Ash Creek called Harmony. At that time there were 15 men in the little colony capable of bearing arms, and six teams were constantly employed for some time in building the fort, which was surrounded by some excellent grazing land.
 * 1854 - Owing to Indian difficulties the settlement was temporarily abandoned in 1853, when the people moved to Cedar City, but in 1854, when the settlers returned, another location for a town was chosen and a fort called Fort Harmony built.This fort became a noted rendezvous for Indians who affiliated with the whites.
 * 1862 - This Fort Harmony was washed away in 1862.
 * 1867 - Aug. 31, 1867 when the Harmony Branch was detached from the Cedar City Ward and organized as a separate ward called Harmony.This organization was continued until 1888.
 * 1888 - The organization of the ward was continued until 1890.
 * 1930

Obtain the Records


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

KANARRA WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 642.

Boundaries:


 * It is situated on the Rim of the Basin at the mouth of Kanarra Creek Canyon, surrounded by some good farming land, which is irrigated from Kanarra Creek.

History timeline


 * 1861 - Kanarra was first settled in the spring of 1861 and others who moved up from Fort Harmony and located on Kanarra Creek, about a mile northeast of the present location of the village. Soon afterwards other settlers moved in from Toquerville. These first settlers put in a good crop from which a bounteous harvest was realized in 1861.
 * 1862 - From its incipiency the settlement belonged to Cedar City Ward.

Obtain the Records


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

PARAGONAH WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 642.

Boundaries: Parowan Stake, Iron Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the little town of Paragonah, which is located on Red Creek, at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, 4 1/2 miles northeast of Parowan, 32 miles southeast of Beaver, 38 miles by nearest road west of Panguitch, and 24 miles northeast of Cedar City.

History timeline


 * 1851 - An attempt to bring the water from Red Creek to Parowan in 1851 proved a failure, and hence a new settlement was founded on Red Creek in the spring of 1852.
 * 1852 - A townsite was surveyed on Red Creek named Paragonah, this being the Piede Indian name for warm water. The new settlement became somewhat popular in the beginning, and as early as December, 1852, nearly a score of families were living on Red Creek, who had enclosed themselves in a fort.
 * 1853 - The settlement was temporarily vacated because of Indian troubles in 1853, the people moving to Parowan. The Paragonah brethren went back to Red Creek to irrigate their lands and mature their crops.
 * 1855 - most of the families who had vacated the settlement in 1853 returned. A new fort was erected at Paragonah, enclosing a parcel of land 105 feet square.
 * 1930 - Dec. 31, 1930, on that date the Paragonah Ward had a membership of 247, including 105 children. The total population of the Paragonah Precinct was 485 in 1930, of which 384 resided in the town of Paragonah.

Obtain the Records


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

NEWCASTLE WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p.642.

Boundaries: consists of the Latter-day Saints residing on the edge of the Escalante Desert at the mouth of Pinto Canyon, 12 miles below old Pinto, 25 miles west of Cedar City, the headquarters of the Parowan Stake, and 20 miles southeast of Modena, the nearest railroad station on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. Newcastle is an outgrowth of Pinto.

History timeline


 * 1897 - 1898 Some of the residents of Pinto, which is located on Pinto Creek up in the mountains southward, realizing the small amount of tillable farming land in that narrow valley, had their eyes upon the extensive flat country lying at the mouth of Pinto Canyon on the edge of the desert.


 * 1907 - Other settlers took up land under the Desert Act, a number of houses were built, a townsite surveyed, and the actual settlement was founded in December, 1907, 10 miles below Pinto, and a little less than two miles above the present townsite of Newcastle.When the new settlement was subsequently formed on the edge of the desert, the place was named Newcastle at the suggestion of Donald Forsyth, in contradistinction from the so-called older castle known as Thornton’s House or Crow Cliff Castle which was simply a summer ranch, generally vacated in the winter. 1913 - The first permanent settlers at Newcastle, who were all Latter-day Saints, attended meetings at Pinto, but when a school house was built at a cost of $1,000, meetings and Sunday school sessions were held there for several years. The saints in the Newcastle settlement were organized as a bishop’s ward June 15, 1913. 1930 - Dec. 31, 1930, on which date Newcastle Ward had a membership of 135, including 34 children.

Obtain the Records


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

PAROWAN EAST WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 641-642.

Boundaries: Commencing at the south limit of Parowan on 1st West St., running thence north to the center of the meeting house block, thence east through the center of said block to Main St., thence north on Main St. to the north limits of Parowan.

History timeline


 * 1926 - March 14, 1926, The Parowan East Ward was organized.
 * 1930 - Dec. 31, 1930, The saints of the Parowan East Ward still worship in the chapel built in 1915–1918.

Obtain the Records


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

PAROWAN WEST WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 641-642.

Boundaries:  Consists of the west part of the city of Parowan, including a farming district lying west and north of the town.

History timeline


 * 1926 - This ward came into existence March 14, 1926, when the Parowan Ward was divided into two wards, namely, the Parowan East and the Parowan West wards.
 * 1930 - Dec. 31, 1930 on this date the ward had a membership of 722, including 137 children.

Obtain the Records


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

SUMMIT WARD
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 642.

Boundaries: Summit consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the village of Summit, which is pleasantly located on elevated ground on Summit Creek, seven miles southwest of Parowan and 12 miles northeast of Cedar City. It is also 2 1/2 miles east of the so-called Parley’s Pass (through a low range of mountains) and five miles south of the extreme south end of Little Salt Lake. A bench, which is crossed about four miles south of the village, is considered the dividing point between Little Salt Lake Valley and Coal Creek Valley.

History timeline


 * 1853 - It was the intention to commence a settlement of saints on Summit Creek in the spring of 1853, but the project was given up for the time being, owing to Indian troubles, and the actual settlement of Summit Creek did not take place until the spring of 1859.
 * 1859 - The settlement of Summit Creek did not take place until the spring of 1859.
 * 1860 - In 1860 a post office was established, and the saints at Summit were organized as a branch of the Church.
 * 1866 - the people of Summit built a fort with mud walls, enclosing an acre of land, as a means of protection against the Indians.
 * 1877 - the Summit Branch was organized as a ward July 29, 1877.
 * 1880 - . A log meeting house was erected at Summit which was used for school and meeting purposes until 1880, when the present meeting house of concrete and brick was built.

Obtain the Records


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