Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in St. George Stake, Utah

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This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Source for this page: p. 728-730.

St. George Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 See Encyclopedic History..., p. 728-730.


 * Area of the County:St. George Stake, the seat of Washington County, Utah, and the headquarters of the St. George Stake of Zion, is the principal town on the main highway between Cedar City, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada. It is located near the junction of the Rio Virgen and the Santa Clara Creek, about seven miles north of the boundary line between Utah and Arizona.
 * Headquarters in (town):St. George
 * Boundaries of stake:

The stake extends north to the Parowan Stake, east to the Zion Park Stake, south to the boundary line between Utah and Arizona, and including one ward, Mt. Trumbull, in Arizona, and west to the boundary line between Utah and Nevada.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1854 - Indian Mission at Santa Clara established.
 * 1857 - Settlement of town of Washington.
 * 1858 - Founding of town of Toquerville.
 * 1860 - Founding of town of Grafton.
 * 1863 - Founding of town of Rockville.
 * 1877 - A general reorganization of the settlements of the Saints in the Rocky Mountains took place, and the whole territory of Utah, as also the adjoining territories of Idaho on the north, and Arizona on the south, were organized into stakes of Zion.
 * 1877 - St. George Stake of Zion was organized on April 7.



Obtain the Records

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

Wards and Branches
Consisted of 12 organized bishop’s wards, viz., Central, Enterprise, Gunlock, Leeds, Mount Trumbull, Pine Valley, Santa Clara, Saint George East, Saint George South, Saint George West, Veyo, and Washington. Besides these 12 wards there is the Ivins Branch.

Glenwood Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 288-289.

Boundaries: Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the town of Glenwood, and a few scattered settlers in the immediate neighborhood.

History timeline


 * 1870 - Glenwood Branch organized.
 * 1877 - Glenwood Branch was organized as the Glenwood Ward on July 13, 1877.

Obtain the Records


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

Koosharem Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 407.

Boundaries: Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the Koosharem and Burrville precincts of Sevier County and the Greenwich Precinct in Piute County, or in the upper or north end of Grass Valley. From the north end of said valley the ward extends southward about 17 miles to what is locally called the Narrows, a place where the lower hills come together from both sides of the valley and form a kind of canyon through which the road passes to the lower Grass Valley.

History timeline


 * 1874 - Settlers called by Pres. Joseph A. Young to settle in Grass Valley, where Koosharem now stands.
 * 1877 - Saints in Grass Valley were organized into Koosharem Ward in July, 1877.

Obtain the Records


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

Richfield Wards
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 702-704.

Boundaries:


 * Richfield 1st Ward, Sevier Stake, Sevier Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the south part of the city of Richfield, being separated from the 3rd and 4th wards on the north by a line running east and through the tier of blocks lying between 2nd and 3rd South streets; it extends east, south and west to the limits of the city of Richfield.


 * Richfield 2nd Ward, Sevier Stake, Sevier Co., Utah, Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the northwest part of the city of Richfield, extending to the city limits. On the east it extends to 2nd East St., (which separates it from the 3rd Ward), south by 1st North St., (which separates it from the 4th Ward), and west by the city limits, or the mountains.


 * Richfield 3rd Ward, Sevier Stake, Sevier Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the northeast part of the city of Richfield. It extends south to the 1st Ward, and west to 2nd East St., which separates it from the 2nd and 3rd wards.


 * Richfield 4th Ward, Sevier Stake, Sevier Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of the city of Richfield lying within the following boundaries: Commencing at the extreme west end of 1st North St., and running thence east to 2nd East St., thence south 3 1/2 blocks, thence west through the center of that tier of blocks lying between 2nd and 3rd South streets to the city limits on the west, thence north to the starting point, and including the families living west of 4th West Street.

History timeline


 * 1877 - Richfield Ward divided into Richfield 1st Ward and Richfield 2nd Ward on July 15, 1877.


 * 1894 - Richfield 1st and 2nd wards were amalgamated and organized as the Richfield Ward on May 20, 1894.


 * 1904 - Richfield was divided into three bishop’s wards, namely, Richfield 1st, Richfield 2nd and Richfield 3rd wards on January 17, 1904.


 * 1930 - Richfield 4th Ward organized on June 15, 1930.

Obtain the Records


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

Sigurd Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 794-795.

Boundaries: Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing somewhat centrally in Sevier Valley, chiefly on the west side of the Sevier River, in a district of country lying northeast of Richfield and north of Glenwood. The ward embraces a farming district in which nearly all the people live in a scattered condition, but the center of the ward is a small village consisting of a school house, a store and a few private residences, seven miles northeast of Richfield, five miles northwest of Glenwood, about three miles northeast of Venice, and 1 1/2 miles south of the center of Vermillion. The Sigurd Ward extends north and south nearly three miles and east and west from mountain to mountain.

History timeline


 * 1895 - The Vermillion Ward was divided and the south part of Vermillion Ward was organized as the Sigurd Ward on February 22, 1895.

Obtain the Records


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

Venice Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 910.

Boundaries: Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district situated on both sides of the Sevier River northwest of Glenwood. The center of the ward is a village about three miles northwest of Glenwood and 6 miles northeast of Richfield, the stake headquarters.

History timeline


 * 1900 - Venice Ward, named after Venice in Italy, was organized on June 10, 1900from the Wallsville district, that received its name honoring the first settler in that part of the Sevier Valley, William Wall.

Obtain the Records


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