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

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The Timpanogos Stake (now Pleasant Grove Utah Timpanogos Stake), organized in 1928, covered the region around Pleasant Grove. At least 21 stakes have descended from the original Timpanogos Stake.

Source for this page: p. 876-877.

Stake Boundaries
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 876-877.


 * 1901-1913: Pleasant Grove, with the adjoining settlements of Manila and Lindon (including the northern part of what is now Orem). The northern boundary was American Fork Canyon, east was the slopes of Mt. Timpanogos, and west was American Fork (boundary location uncertain). South boundary was a line formed by Geneva Road (now Lindon 600 South/Orem 1600 North at Lindon Marina) east to what is now Orem 1200 West, south to Provo Canyon Road (now Orem 800 North), east to what is now Orem 800 East, north to what is now Orem 1200 North, then east to the mountains.
 * Headquarters in: Pleasant Grove.

History Timeline

 * February 1852: Pleasant Grove Branch is organized as part of the Utah Stake.
 * 13 January 1901: the Pleasant Grove area becomes part of the newly organized Alpine Stake.
 * 1 July 1928: Timpanogos Stake (along with Lehi Stake) is divided from the Alpine Stake. The new stake includes the following wards: Pleasant Grove 1st-3rd, Manila, Lindon and Windsor.

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 * List of 🇨🇱 at the Church History Library, catalogued under LR 9160.

Wards and Branches

 * Lindon Ward
 * Manila Ward
 * Pleasant Grove 1st-3rd Wards
 * Windsor Ward

Lindon Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 435.

Boundaries: Lindon Ward, Timpanogos Stake, Utah Co., Utah, is lying immediately south of Pleasant Grove. It extends southward to the Windsor Ward, westward to Utah Lake and American Fork, northward to the Pleasant Grove 3rd Ward, and east to the mountains.

History timeline


 * 1890 - At a conference held at Pleasant Grove April 20, 1890, the Pleasant Grove Ward was divided into three wards, the south part of the same being organized as the Pleasant Grove 2nd Ward (later Lindon), and the north part organized as the Pleasant Grove 3rd Ward (now Manila).

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Manila Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 470-471.

Boundaries:

Manila Ward, Timpanogos Stake, Utah Co., Utah is located in a farming district lying north of the city of Pleasant Grove; northward the ward extends to the Highland Ward of the Alpine Stake or to the American Fork Creek; east to the Wasatch Mountains (or Mount Timpanogos); south to the Pleasant Grove 3rd and 2nd wards, and west to American Fork.

History timeline:


 * 1890 - Manila Ward is an outgrowth of the city of Pleasant Grove, and as the inhabitants increased in that part of Utah Valley it was deemed necessary to divide Pleasant Grove into three wards, which was done at a meeting held April 20, 1890. On this occasion the north part of the Pleasant Grove Ward was detached and organized into a separate ward called the Pleasant Grove 3rd Ward. The new ward, had the name changed in 1898 to that of Manila.
 * 1901 - Manila Ward belonged to the Utah Stake until 1901.
 * 1925 - Manila Ward belonged to the Alpine Stake until 1925, when it became a part of the Timpanogos Stake.

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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Pleasant Grove Wards
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 662-663.

Boundaries:


 * Pleasant Grove 1st Ward, Timpanogos Stake, Utah Co., Utah is located in the south part of the city of Pleasant Grove. It extends north to the Pleasant Grove 2nd and 3rd wards, east to the mountains, south to the Lindon Ward, and west to American Fork.


 * Pleasant Grove 2st Ward, Timpanogos Stake, Utah Co., Utah is located in the northwest part of Pleasant Grove. It extends north to the Manila Ward, east to the Pleasant Grove 3rd Ward, Center St. being the boundary line. South it extends to the Pleasant Grove 1st Ward, or Main St., and westward to American Fork.


 * Pleasant Grove 3rd Ward, Timpanogos Stake, Utah Co., Utah is located in the northeast part of the city of Pleasant Grove. It extends north and east to the mountains, south to the Pleasant Grove 1st Ward, or Main St., and west to the Pleasant Grove 2nd Ward, or Center St.

History timeline:


 * 1851 - The first Church organization effected in Pleasant Grove took place in February, 1851.
 * 1852 - The branch was more fully organized Sept. 19,1852 when a president of the Pleasant Grove Branch or settlement was appointed president of the Pleasant Grove Branch or settlement. He acted in that capacity until Dec., 1853, when one of the original pioneers of 1847, was ordained a High Priest and Bishop and appointed to preside over the Pleasant Grove Ward.
 * 1909 - Pleasant Grove was divided into three wards, named respectively the Pleasant Grove 1st, Pleasant Grove 2nd (Lindon), and Pleasant Grove 3rd (Manila).

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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Windsor Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 956.[3]

Boundaries:

Windsor Ward,Timpanogos Stake, Utah Co., Utah, originally called the Lindon 2nd Ward, is an outgrowth of the Lindon Ward and embraces a strip of country about 1 1/2 miles wide, extending northward to the Lindon Ward, eastward to the mountains, southward to the Sharon Ward of the Sharon Stake, and westward to the Utah Lake.

History timeline:


 * 1925 - A branch of the Church was organized at Winslow. The branch originally belonged to Joseph City Ward.
 * 1927 - On Aug. 21, the branch was organized as a ward. A modern brick chapel was erected at Winslow in 1927 by the saints of the ward.

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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.