Emery County, Utah Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Emery County Courthouse P.O. Box 629 Castle Dale, UT 84513-0629 Phone: 435-381-2139 FAX: 435-381-5183

History
Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.com: accessed 3 March 2010), "Emery County, Utah."

Parent County
County seat: Castle Dale

Historical Timeline

 * 1880--Emery County was created 12 February 1880 from parts of Sanpete and Sevier Counties.
 * 1890--Grand County was created 13 March 1890 from parts of Emery and Uintah Counties.
 * 1894--Carbon County was created 8 March 1894 from parts of Emery and Uintah Counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 1890--Grand County was created 13 March 1890 from parts of Emery and Uintah Counties.
 * 1894--Carbon County was created 8 March 1894 from parts of Emery and Uintah Counties.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Castle Dale | Ferron | Green River | Huntington | Orangeville


 * Towns: Clawson | Cleveland | Elmo | Emery | Lawrence | Molen | Moore


 * Ghost Towns: Connellsville | Desert Lake | Mohrland | Victor | Wilsonville | Woodside

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Grand | San Juan | Sanpete | Sevier | Uintah

Cemeteries
The Emery County Cemetery Information page on the Emery County Website contains links to burial information and maps for the following cemeteries: Castle Dale, Clawson, Cleveland, Desert Lake, Elgin, Elmo, Emery, Ferron, Green River Pioneer, Huntington, Lawrence, Molen, Muddy Creek, Old Emery, Orangeville, Ridge, Tucker Family, Victor, Wilsonville, and Woodside.

Find A Grave.com has burial information for the following Emery County cemeteries: Castle Dale, Clawson, Cleveland,Crandall Canyon Mine, Elmo, Emery, Ferron, Green River, Huntington, Lawrence, Molen, Muddy Creek, Old Emery, Orangeville, Ridge, Victor, and Woodside.

The Utah Burial Search database on the Utah State History Website contains burial information for the following Emery County cemeteries: Castle Dale, Clawson, Cleveland, Desert Lake, Elmo, Emery, Ferron, Green River, Huntington, Lawrence, Molen, Muddy Creek, Orangeville, Ridge, Tucker Family, Victor, Wilsonville, and Woodside.

Census

 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records

Local Histories
Allen Kent Powell, ed., Emery County: Reflections on Its Past and Future (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, 1979).

Edward A. Geary, A History of Emery County (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Historical Society, 1981).

Emery County Historical Society, Emery County, 1880-1980 ([Castle Dale, Utah]: Emery County Historical Society, 1981).

History of Sanpete and Emery Counties Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns and Villages, Chronology of Important Events, Records of Indian Wars, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens(Ogden, Utah: W.H. Lever, 1898).

Stella McElprang, comp.,Castle Valley: A History of Emery County ([Utah]:Emery County Company of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1949).

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." Two newspapers from Emery County are included in this digital project, the Emery County Progess and Green River Journal. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.


 * The Emery County Progress is a weekly newspaper published every Tuesday. The paper has been published since 1900. In 1957, the name of the newspaper was changed to the Emery County Progress Leader after merging with the Green River Leader. In 1977, the newspaper resumed the name Emery County Progress. The online edition of the paper is free to the general public. The Website's archives currently date back to the year 2001.

Vital Records
Emery County Birth Register, 1898-1905. An index to Emery County births, 1898-1905 is currently available online at the Utah State Archives and Record Services Website.

Emery County Marriage Licenses, 1888 - Current are available online at Emery County Online Services. The database is fully searchable and contains digital images of the actual marriage license. A marriage license may contain information such as the name of the bride and groom, their ages, residence, date and place of marriage, and names of parent or guardian, witnesses, and marriage officiator.

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 are available online at Family Search Record Search Pilot. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed. A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.

Societies and Libraries
Emery County Library 115 North 100 East Castle Dale, Utah 84513-9999 Phone: 435-381-2554 Fax:

Family History Centers
Castle Dale, Utah 560 E Highway 29 Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States Phone: 435-381-2899 Hours: M, 10am-2pm; T-Th 9am-9pm Ferron, Utah 35 W 200 N (Hwy 10) Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States Phone: 435-384-3288 Hours: M-Th 10am-3pm; Tues. 7pm-9pm; Sat or other by appt. Green River, Utah 101 North Clark St Green River, Emery, Utah, United States Phone: 435-564-3582 Hours: Call for appt. Huntington, Utah 240 N Main St Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States Phone: 435-687-9090 Hours: M 10am-4pm; T 10am-1pm, 6pm-9pm; W 10am-1pm Th 6pm-9pm

Web Sites

 * The Emery County UT GenWeb Project, a member of The UTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project


 * Emery County


 * Family History Library Catalog