Iron County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Iron County

Iron County, Utah Territory was created 3 March 1852 by the Utah legislature from Little Salt Lake County, Utah. Iron County extended into present-day Nevada from Utah Territory's eastern boundary to the western edge of the Great Basin in California between Milliard and Washington counties in Utah Territory.

On 5 January 1856 the Utah legislature reduced Iron County land in present-day Nevada by carving out part of Carson County and the southern part of Beaver County. In 1861 the U.S. Congress created Nevada Territory with its eastern border at 116° W, and in 1862 moved Nevada's eastern border one degree of longitude east, and repeated that again in 1866, each time reducing Iron County, Utah. Former Iron County land in present-day Nevada was used eventually to form parts of Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Esmeralda, Nye, and Lincoln, counties.

For records of the old Iron County in what is present-day Nevada, see:


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


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


 * Carson County, Nevada
 * Douglas County, Nevada
 * Lyon County, Nevada
 * Mineral County, Nevada
 * Esmeralda County, Nevada
 * Nye County, Nevada
 * Lincoln County, Nevada


 * Beaver County, Nevada


 * Iron County, Utah

For records of the old Iron County in what is present-day Utah, see:


 * Beaver County, Utah
 * Iron County, Utah