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Utah Church Records Summit County Church Records  Summit 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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Summit Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 See Encyclopedic History..., p. 845, see Ancestry Institution..


 * Area of the County: Located in Summit County, Utah.
 * Headquarters in: at Coalville.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1861 - Woodland was added to Summit Stake.
 * 1877 - On July 9, 1877, the saints in Summit County were organized as the Summit Stake of Zion. At that time the stake comprised one ward (Coalville) and ten branches (Echo, Henefer, Hoytsville, Kamas, Peoa, Parley’s Park, Rockport, Upton and Wanship), but on the same date on which the stake was organized all these branches were given ward organizations.
 * 1895 - Oakley was added to the Summit Stake.
 * 1899 - Francis was added to the Summit Stake.
 * 1901 - Park City and Grass Creek were added to the Summit Stake.
 * 1909 - Cluff and Marion were added to the Summit Stake.
 * 1924 - Grass Creek Ward; comprising a mining district, had only a short existence and Parley’s Park Ward became a branch of the Park City Ward in 1924.

Obtain the Records

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

Wards and Branches
Cluff, Coalville, Echo, Francis, Henefer, Hoytsville, Kamas, Marion, Oakley, Park City, Peoa, Rockport, Upton, Wanship and Woodland.

Cluff Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 150-151, see Ancestry Institution.

Boundaries: Located on Chalk Creek, above Coalville. The ward is a continuation of the Coalville East Ward. The L. D. S. meeting house, a frame building, situated 7 1/4 miles east of the Coalville center.

History timeline


 * 1909 - May 2, 1909, the Coalville East Ward had the name of the ward changed to Cluff.

Obtain the Records


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

Coalville Wards
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 151.

Boundaries: Located in Coalville, the seat of Summit County and the headquarters of the Summit Stake of Zion. Coalville is an important town on the Park City Branch Railroad, five miles south of Echo, and 47 miles by highway east of Salt Lake City.
 * Coalville East Ward.(See Cluff Ward.)


 * Coalville North Ward, Summit Stake, Summit Co., Utah, consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of the town of Coalville lying north of 1st North St. The ward, created by the division of Coalville Ward into two wards, existed only from 1889 to 1895, when the two wards were amalgamated as the Coalville Ward.


 * Coalville South Ward, Summit Stake, Summit Co., Utah, consisted of Latter-day Saints residing in the south part of the town of Coalville, or in that part lying south of 1st North St.

History timeline

Obtain the Records
 * 1889 - On Feb. 9, 1889, Coalville Ward was divided into three wards, namely, the Coalville East, North and South wards.
 * 1889-1895 - The ward, created by the division of Coalville Ward into two wards, existed only from 1889 to 1895, when the two wards were amalgamated as the Coalville Ward.
 * 1889-1895 - Existed only from 1889 to 1895, when the two wards,Coalville North Coalville South, were amalgamated as the Coalville Ward.


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

Echo Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.214.

Boundaries: Located at the mouth of Echo Canyon, five miles north of Coalville, the headquarters of the Summit Stake.

History timeline


 * 1868 - In 1868 the Union Pacific Railroad was constructed through Echo Canyon, a town called Echo City sprang up.
 * 1873 - A branch of the Church was organized at Echo, (Echo City).
 * 1877 - Echo became a ward in 1877.
 * 1922 - The Echo ward was reduced to a branch of the Henefer Ward.
 * 1928 - Feb. 5, 1928, a ward organization was again effected at Echo.

Obtain the Records


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

Francis Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 261.

Boundaries: Located in Rhoad’s Valley (Kamas Prairie) north of the Provo River. The center of the ward, where the meeting house is located, is about 2 1/2 miles south of the center of Kamas.

History timeline


 * 1899 - Francis Ward, an outgrowth of the Woodland Ward, was organized Nov. 11, 1899.
 * 1901 - November, 1901, the Woodland and Francis wards were transferred from the Wasatch to the Summit Stake.

Obtain the Records


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

Henefer Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 331.

Boundaries:

Located in the little town of Henefer and surrounding district, situated on both sides of the Weber River. Henefer is four miles northwest of Echo and nine miles northwest of Coalville.

History timeline


 * 1877 - On July 9, upon the organization of the Summit Stake, Henefer was organized as a ward.

Obtain the Records


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

Hoytsville Ward
SeeEncyclopedic History..., p. 345.

Boundaries:

Hoytsville Ward,Summit Stake, Summit Co., Utah, is located in the Hoytsville Precinct, or that part of Weber Valley lying between Coalville on the north and Wanship on the south. A meeting house, built of white sandstone, is centrally located in the ward, three miles south of Coalville and four miles northeast of Wanship.

History timeline *1877 -The ward was organized July 9.

Obtain the Records


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

Kamas Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 386-387.

Boundaries:

Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the town of Scipio, in Round Valley, in the extreme east central part of Millard County. The center of the ward is 14 miles northeast of Holden, 25 miles northeast of Fillmore, the headquarters of the stake, and 130 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.

History timeline


 * 1861 - Scipio was organized as a branch of the Church.

Obtain the Records


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

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 780.

Boundaries:

History timeline

Obtain the Records


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

the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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