Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liberty 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.

Liberty Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930
 * Area of the County: "southeast part of Salt Lake City" [My how it has grown since 1930!]
 * Headquarters in (town): Salt Lake City "Deseret Gymnasium, east of the Bishops’ Building, on College Avenue"
 * Boundaries of stake:
 * North: 3rd South St. (or Ensign Stake)
 * South: 13th South St. (or Granite Stake and Grant Stake)
 * East: the mountains
 * West: Main St. (or Pioneer Stake).

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 * List of at the FamilySearch Library for Salt Lake County, Utah (entire county, not just the stake.)
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1904 February 26. Organized from part of Salt Lake Stake. It included Salt Lake City 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 31st, and 33rd wards.
 * 1907 December 22. South part of the 2nd Ward was organized as Liberty Ward.
 * 1909 January 13. East part of the 1st Ward was organized as Emigration Ward.
 * 1913 September 7. East part of the 31st Ward was organized as the Le Grand Ward.
 * 1924 February 17. East portion of LeGrand Ward was organized as Yale Ward

Salt Lake City 1st Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 6th South (10th Ward); east - 9th East (Emigration Ward); south - 9th South (31st and Liberty Wards); west - 6th East (2nd Ward).

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History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * [Year not given]. Boundaries extended North and East [how far not given]
 * 1900. Area east of 9th East taken to Emigration Ward (below) - back to the original boundary.
 * 1902. Area south of 9th South taken to 31st Ward - back to the original boundary.

Salt Lake City 2nd Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 6th South (9th Ward); east - 6th East (1st Ward); south - 9th South (Liberty Ward); west - 3rd East (3rd Ward)

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History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * 1852. Scandinavian Saints settled in 2nd Ward.
 * [Year not given]. Area south of 9th South added [how far not given]
 * 1907. Area south of 9th South taken to Liberty Ward - back to the original boundary.

Salt Lake City 3rd Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 6th South (8th Ward); east - 3rd East (2nd Ward); south - 9th South (Liberty Ward to 1st East, and extending to 13th South; west - Main Street [adjoining wards not mentioned].

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History timeline Salt Lake City 3rd Ward
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.

Salt Lake City 8th Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (12th Ward and 13th Ward); east - "irregularly through the tier of blocks between 3rd and 4th East (9th Ward); south - 6th South (3rd Ward); west - Main Street (6th Ward and 7th Ward)


 * In the center of the ward is Eighth Ward Square, near which encampment was made by the advance party of Utah Pioneers, July 23, 1847...."

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History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.

Salt Lake City 9th Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (12th Ward and 13th Ward); east - 6th East (10th Ward); south - 6th South (2nd Ward); west - "irregular tier of blocks between 3rd and 4th East (8th Ward)

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 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.

Salt Lake City 10th Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (11th Ward); east - 10th East (33rd Ward); south - 6th South (1st Ward); west - 6th East (9th Ward).

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 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * 1902. Eastern part of the ward taken by 33rd Ward.

Salt Lake City 31st Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 9th South (1st Ward); east - 9th East (LeGrand Ward); south - 13th South (Hawthorne Ward); west - 7th East (Liberty Ward).

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 * 1902 February 23. Organized from Southern portion of 1st Ward.
 * 1913 September 7. That part east of 9th East taken to LeGrand Ward.

Salt Lake City 33rd Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (11th Ward and University Ward); east - Fort Douglas Military Reservation; south - 6th South (Emigration Ward); west - 10th East (10th Ward)

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 * 1902 December 28. Formed from 10th Ward, then part of Salt Lake Stake.

Emigration Ward
Boundaries

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LeGrand Ward
Boundaries

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Liberty Ward
Boundaries

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Yale Ward
Boundaries

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