Davis County, Utah Genealogy

United StatesUtah Davis County

Quick Facts
Named for David Coon Davis (d. 1850), Captain of Company E, in the Mormon Battalion, early leader in Davis County. David C. Davis settled on Davis Creek, on what is now Farmington in 1849.

Parent Counties
3 March 1852: Davis County was set off from Great Salt Lake County (now Salt Lake County), by the general assembly of Deseret in October 1850. It was officially created 3 March 1852, when the territorial assembly, defined the county lines. Records concerning Davis County between 1850 and 1852 are in Salt Lake County.

Neighboring Counties
Box Elder | Morgan | Salt Lake | Tooele | Weber

Boundary Changes
17 January 1862: Morgan County was set off.

Cemeteries
The larger cities of Davis County have their own cemeteries, but some of the smaller towns do not. For a listing, refer to Davis County Cemeteries page on The Davis County UTGenWeb Project site, a member of The UTGenWeb Project.

* Davis County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site


 * USGenWeb Archives, Davis County, Utah Clinton City Cemetery.
 * USGenWeb Archives, Davis County, Utah Syracuse Cemetery.

Kaysville


 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project for Kaysville City Cemetery.

Clearfield


 * Syracuse Memorial Park BillionGraves. Despite the name, the cemetery is not in Syracuse, but rather, in Clearfield.

Census
The 1850 [1851], 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Davis 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.


 * 1850 (1851)
 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * USGenWeb Archives Davis County, Utah Census Index.



A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

 * Utah, Davis County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

LDS Ward and Branch Records

 * Kaysville
 * Kaysville 1
 * Kaysville 2
 * Layton
 * Layton 1
 * Layton 2
 * Layton 3
 * Layton 4
 * Orchard
 * Sahara
 * Sunset
 * Syracuse
 * Weber S.
 * West Point

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Davis County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

History Timeline
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia.


 * 1850 - October 5,  county created.  Farmington designated as its county seat, because of its geographic location midway between boundaries at the Weber Riveron the north and the Jordan Riveron the south.
 * During its first 50 years, Davis County grew slowly.
 * 1870 - Utah Central Rail Road. With the advent of the railroad a transition to mechanized agriculture and a surge of commerce, banking, improved roads, new water systems, and electrification of homes began.
 * 1940 - population was barely 16,000.
 * 1940-1950 - With the establishment of Hill Air Force Basein northern Davis County, there was a surge of civilian employment after World War II. The county doubled in population.
 * 1950-1960 -  Population doubled again as part of the nationwide suburb boom that was occurring at the time.
 * 1990 - there were 188,000 residents 2000, there were 239,000 residents 2030, county is expected to have a population of about 360,000.
 * Today, most of the population resides in Layton, Bountiful, Kaysville, and Clearfield while most of the growth is concentrated in the northwest, northeast, and southwest portions of the county, and especially in such cities as Syracuse, Clinton, West Point, South Weber, and Woods Cross.

Newspapers


see Bountiful

Marriages

 * 1887-1906 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Davis County 1887-1906.

Deaths
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/. 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.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Courthouses
Davis County Official Website

Davis County Memorial Courthouse 28 East State Street Farmington, UT 84025 Phone: (801) 444-2300

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bountiful Utah Heights Family History Center
 * Clearfield Utah Family History Center
 * Farmington Utah Family History Center
 * Kaysville Utah Family History Center
 * Layton Utah Layton Hills Family History Center
 * Layton Utah Valley View Family History Center
 * South Davis Utah Family History Center (Bountiful)

Towns and Communities
The Davis County Website lists the fifteen communities that are part of Davis county, along with estimated population of each. This site has links to all the city home pages except Sunset.

Cities
Farmington -- The county seat of Davis County, Farmington has many well-preserved historic buildings, some of which are on the National Register, and many of which have been identified by the Farmington Historic Preservation Commission. The city was one of the earliest communities in Utah and has a history.