Sevier County, Utah Genealogy

United States   Utah    Sevier County

County Courthouse
250 North Main Street Richfield, Utah 84701

Parent County

 * 1865--Sevier County was created 16 January 1865 from Sanpete County. County seat: Richfield

Neighboring Counties
Beaver | Emery | Millard | Piute | Sanpete | Wayne

Cemeteries
Richfield has one cemetery located at about 850 North Main.

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Sevier 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 - The area between Richfield and Gooseberry Valley was not enumerated.
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Annabella
 * Aurora
 * Brooklyn
 * Burrville
 * Central
 * Elsinore
 * Glenwood
 * Joseph
 * Koosharem
 * Monroe
 * Monroe N.
 * Monroe S.
 * Redmond
 * Richfield
 * Richfield 1
 * Richfield 2
 * Richfield 3
 * Richfield 4
 * Salina
 * Salina 1
 * Salina 2
 * Sevier
 * Sigurd
 * Venice
 * Vermillion

Newspapers

 * One major resouce 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." One newspaper from Sevier County is included in this digital project, the Richfield Reaper. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Record Search Pilot. 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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Sevier County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)