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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:


 * Headquarters in: Cedar City, Utah


 * Boundaries of stake:

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 they now (1930) are.

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 its 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.

1877==== 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. 642-642.

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. 642-642.

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

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 * 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


 * 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 Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

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



Obtain the Records


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

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

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.