Talk:Beaver County, Utah

Parent Counties
10 January 1856: Beaver County was created from Iron and Millard Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Garfield | Iron | Millard | Piute | Sevier | Lincoln County, Nevada

Record Loss
County Recorder's Office


 * Deeds, file mining claims, get assistance in finding ownership of a particular property, and obtain copies of county plat maps. This office has county plat records dating back to 1878, prior records having been destroyed in a fire.

History
Interesting facts

The county was named after the beaver, which was plentiful there.

Timeline History

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned fromWikipedia for Beaver County.


 * 1776 Explorers first visited the area in the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition.
 * 1856, January County created by the Utah Territorial Legislaturefrom a section of Iron County.
 * 1856 Latter-day Saint settlers founded the city of Beaver, Utah.

Cemeteries

 * Beaver County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical Site
 * Beaver County Cemeteries Locations at Utah Genealogy Trails website.
 * Books or films

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Beaver 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.


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

Church Records
General

Episcopal

Lutheran

Mormon (LDS) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Beaver County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog or by referring to:

Jaussi, Laureen Richardson, Laureen Richardson Jaussi, and Laureen Richardson Jaussi. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. Provo, Utah (31 East 2050 North, Provo 84604): Genealogy Tree, 1982. . These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Presbyterian

Court Records

 * Books or films

Land and Property
Copies of Original Records

Abstracts

Military
Civil War

Probate Records
Copies of Original Records

Abstracts

Additional Resources

Courthouses
Beaver County, Utah Website

County Administration Building Post Office Box 392 105 East Center Beaver UT 84713

Beaver County doesn't have a main switchboard, and each department has its own mailing address. To get individual phone numbers, fax numbers, and mailing addresses, go to that department's page or check the Officials page.

Cities
Beaver | Milford

Town
Minersville

Unincorporated communities
Adamsville | Greenville

Ghost towns
Frisco | Newhouse | Lincoln | Shawnee | Sulphurdale | Thermo