Piute County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Piute County

County Courthouse
Piute County Courthouse 550 North Main Street P O Box 90 Junction, UT 84740 Phone: 435-557-2840

County Clerk has birth and death records from 1898, marriage records from 1887, divorce, probate and court records from 1872.

Parent Counties
was created January 16, 1865 from Beaver

Neighboring Counties
is surrounded by: Beaver | Garfield | Sevier | [[Wayne County, Utah|Wayne

Business Records and Commerce

 * public libraries.

Cemeteries

 * public libraries.

Piute county cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site


 * Mountain View Cemetery, Marysvale BillionGraves
 * Murrays Cemetery, Marysvale BillionGraves

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Piute County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


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

Churches and Religious Groups

 * public libraries.

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Circleville
 * Junction
 * Kingston
 * Marysvale

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Piute County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Court Records

 * public libraries.

Directories

 * public libraries.

Genealogy

 * public libraries.

History

 * public libraries.

The County was named for the Paiute tribe of Native Americans.

A History of Piute County online at Marriott Library Digital Archives.

History Timeline
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Piute County.


 * 1864. Circleville was originally settled. Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, spent childhood here.
 * 1865. Piute County was created with Junction as the county seat and was named for the Paiute tribe of Native Americans.
 * 1890's -1910.Kimberly (now a ghost town) was originally settled as a mining town and is located high in Mill Canyon. In the 1930's Kimberly had a minor rebirth.
 * 1905. Dixie Forest Reserve establish.
 * 1915-1930. Alunite (now a ghost town) located some 5 miles south of Marysvale, near the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon was a small but important mining town during World War I.

Land and Property

 * public libraries.

Maps
Google highway map of Piute County 2012

Military

 * public libraries.


 * USGenWeb Archives, Piute County, Utah you will find transcribed information as to


 * Draft Cards - Birth Information 1917-18 - Piute County, Utah.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * public libraries.

Newspapers

 * Marysvale Free Lance, Piute Chieftain and Piute County News, covering 1902-1904, 1916-1919, 1924-1949 respectively are included.
 * Existing copies of newspapers
 * [[Piute County, Utah
 * [[Piute County, Utah

Obituaries

 * Newspapers of *Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records. *Obituaries of neighboring counties *Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City

UTGenWeb has started a free page on Piute County Obituaries.

Probate Records

 * public libraries.

Public Records

 * public libraries.

Courthouses
www.piute.org/Goverment.htm Piute County Courthouse 550 N Main Junction, UT 84740 Phone: 435-577-2840 FAX: 435-577-2433

County seat: Junction

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Circleville Utah Family History Center

Vital Records

 * public libraries.

Before 1865

 *  was formed on 16 January 1865.

parent counties

1865 - 1897

 * [[Piute County, Utah#Churches and Religious Groups
 * See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
 * See also [[Piute County, Utah#Neighboring_Counties
 * See also [[Piute County, Utah#Neighboring_Counties

1898-present

 * Online index to births 1898–1905 Series 19502
 * Originals, Series 19502 at Utah State Archives
 * FamilySearch Library copy: . There are names of children in the records about 50% of the time.
 * Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
 * 1906-1910 online images


 * Central Utah Public Health Department (Piute County) 550 North Main, Junction, UT 84740, (435) 577-2521.

Marriage

 * 1854-1975 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Piute County 1854-1975.

Death
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at Family Search. 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. More information at Utah Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

USGenWeb Archives, Piute County, Utah you will find the following three " Date of Deaths" or more like an obiturary for all three.


 * Baldwin, Russel Jesse, Christianson, Ida Sorenson, and Christianson, Male Stillborn