Peterson, Morgan County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Morgan County Peterson

Quick History
Settled in 1855, Peterson was first known as "Weber City" and was designated the county seat in 1862. Charles Shreeve Peterson was appointed the first probate judge and the name of the community was changed to Peterson in 1872.

With the elevation of 9,707, Thurston Peak is the highest peak in the county. In 1861 the first public building was built. This multitask building served as a school, church and handled official county business.

About 1869 the Peterson General Store was built which housed the post office. A railroad station, the Dexter Hotel and park served as a focal points for the community.

Peterson had a passenger railroad station and stockyard located along the railroad tracks. A major attraction for many years was the Dexter Hotel and Park where many community activities were held.

Neighboring Communities
Croydon | Morgan | Mountain Green | Richville | Stoddard | Monte Verde

Biography

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Early Latter Day Saints - A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Family History Archives, BYU has digitized thousands of personal histories available at this searchable site.
 * Personal History Collections
 * Pioneering Morgan County
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories

Cemeteries

 * Peterson Cemetery
 * Morgan, UT
 * 4000 N 4200 W
 * Morgan, UT 84050
 * 801-876-3402

Maps

 * Hometown locator, Peterson, Utah

Newspapers

 * Standard-Examiner
 * Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers
One major resource 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." Four newspapers from Weber County are included in this digital project, the Ogden Standard-Examiner predecessors, the Ogden Junction, Ogden Herald, and the Ogden Standard. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.


 * Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.
 * History of Weber County Newspapers
 * Newspapers Clippings
 * Variety of Newspaper Articles
 * Utah Digital Newspapers for the Ogden Standard 1879 - 1927
 * Old editions are also available on microfilm at the Weber County Library.

Schools

 * Peterson School 1918-1936

Societies, Museums and Libraries



 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum 2148 Grant Avenue Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460


 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132


 * Stewart Library ~ Weber State University 3750 Harrison Blvd. Ogden, Utah 801-626-6415


 * Weber County Library 2464 Jefferson Ave. Ogden, UT 84401-2404 Phone:(801) 337-2632 fax: (801) 337-2615

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.
 * Digitized images of marriage licenses issued for Ogden from June 1888 to present are available online at Weber County Marriage Licenses

Deaths

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. 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. For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.
 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962 to at least 2 months ago.

Websites

 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132 E-mail: UT_OGDEN@familyhistorymail.org