Washington County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Washington County


 * This article is about a county in southwestern part of Utah. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation).

Quick Facts
Wikipedia

Parent Counties
3 March 1852: Washington County was created from unorganized territory.

Neighboring Counties
Iron | Kane | Mohave County, Arizona | Lincoln County, Nevada

Cemeteries
Washington county cemetery website

St. George City Cemetery Information

Central City Cemetery

Leeds Cemetery, Leeds BillionGraves

Protestant Pioneer Cemetery, Leeds BillionGraves

Veyo Cemetery

Pine Valley Cemetery

Utah State Cemetery Index

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Washington 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. Also see the historical records at:FamilySearch


 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Central
 * Enterprise
 * Grafton
 * Gunlock
 * Hebron
 * Hurricane
 * Hurricane N.
 * Hurricane S.
 * Ivins
 * La Verkin
 * Leeds
 * New Harmoney
 * Pine Valley
 * Pinto
 * Price
 * Rockville
 * St. George
 * St. George 1 (old)
 * St. George 1 (new)
 * St. George 2 (old)
 * St. George 2 (new)
 * St. George 3 (old)
 * St. George 3 (new)
 * St. George 4 (old)
 * St. George 4 (new)
 * St. George 5
 * St. George 6
 * St. George E.
 * St. George W.
 * Santa Clara
 * Springdale
 * Toquerville
 * Veyo
 * Virgin
 * Washington
 * Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Washington County 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 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
Named for George Washington, the first President of the United States.

A History of Washington County online at Marriott Library Digital Collections.

History Timeline
Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Washington County.


 * 1852. Washington County founded. Named after George Washington, first President of the United States.
 * 1854. City of Santa Clarasettled by Jacob Hamlin. Location of Jacob Hamblin home.
 * 1861. St. Georgefounded as a cotton mission under direction of Brigham Young. Named after LDS Apostle George A. Smith. County seat.
 * 1862. Springdale settled as Mormon farming community. Now thriving tourist industry. Located just outside Zion National Park.
 * 1891. City of Enterprise founded by Orson Welcome Huntsman. Early residents were Mormon settlers.
 * 1896. City of Hurricanesettled. Received its name after a whirlwind blew top off buggy that Erastus Snow, early LDS Apostle, was riding in.
 * 1963. City of Hildale founded. Headquarters of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
 * Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California
 * Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah (among others) to Omaha, Nebraska

Newspapers
One major resouce for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's digitalnewspapers.org/ project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." One newspaper from Washington County are included in this digital project, the Washington County News. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Spectrum Newspaper www.thespectrum.com

Obituaries
USGenWeb Archives of Washington County, Utah contains the obituaries of 2004 - 2005

Marriages
Western States Marriage Index.

Deaths
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed with the Historial Records 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 deaths prior to 1904.

Courthouses
87 North 200 East, 3rd Floor St. George, Utah 84770 p: (435) 634-5728 f: (435) 656-3003

County Clerk/Auditor

Washington County Utah 197 East Tabernacle St. George, UT 84770 Clerk/Auditor's phone (435) 634-5712

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Bloomington Utah Family History Center
 * Enterprise Utah Family History Center
 * Ivins Utah Family History Center
 * New Harmony Utah Family History Center
 * St George Utah Green Valley Family History Center
 * St George Utah Large Multi-stake Family History Center
 * St George Utah Morningside Family History Center
 * Washington Utah Buena Vista Family History Center

Cities
Enterprise | Hildale | Hurricane | Ivins | La Verkin | Santa Clara | St. George | Washington

Towns
Apple Valley | Leeds | New Harmony | Pintura | Rockville | Springdale | Toquerville | Virgin

Unincorporated Communities
Central | Dammeron Valley | Gunlock | Pine Valley | Veyo

Ghost Towns
Duncan's Retreat | Grafton | Hamblin | Harrisburg | Hebron | Little Pinto | Silver Reef