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

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This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches as of about 1930, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Source for this page: p. 49-50.

Bear River Stake
Stake Boundaries as of about 1930's See Encyclopedic History..., p. 49-50.


 * Area of the County: Northeastern part of Box Elder County
 * Headquarters in: Garland, UT
 * Boundaries of stake:

Northeastern part of Box Elder County, Utah, in Bear River Valley, also called Bear River Flat. Headquarters at Garland, Utah.


 * North: Malad Stake, Idaho
 * South: Box Elder Stake, Utah
 * East: the Wasatch Mountains
 * West: Curlew Stake, Idaho

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1908 - The Bear River Stake of Zion was created Oct. 11, 1908, by taking the north part of the Box Elder Stake and the south part of the Malad Stake, Utah, and organizing a new stake.
 * 1908 - Thus at its organization, the new Bear River Stake consisted of ten wards.

Obtain the Records

 * List of Bear+River+Stake+Utah church and other records] for Bear River Stake, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Wards and Branches
Beaver, Bothwell, Centerdale Branch, Deweyville, East Garland, Elwood, Fielding, Garland, Howell, Penrose, Plymouth, Riverside, Thatcher and Tremonton.

Beaver Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 53-54.

Boundaries:

Beaver Ward, Bear River Stake, Box Elder Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing on a tract of land lying east of Bear River and extending eastward to the summit of the mountains dividing Cache Valley from Bear River Valley; south it extends to the Deweyville Ward and west to Bear River.

History timeline


 * 1872 - About 1872 the L. D. S. meetings at the Beaver Dam settlement were under the direction of the bishopric of Deweyville.
 * 1877 - The Box Elder Stake of Zion was organized in 1877 and the branch at Beaver Dam, was part of the Deweyville Ward.
 * 1892 - Branch was organized into the Beaver Ward.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Beaver+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Beaver Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Bothwell Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 79-80.

Boundaries:

Bothwell Ward, Bear River Stake, Box Elder Co., Utah, comprises the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of Box Elder Co. lying under the Bothwell Canal (Bear River Canal) adjacent to Point Lookout, on the west side of Bear River Valley. The center of the ward is about 12 miles northwest of Bear River City, 23 miles, via Corinne, northwest of Brigham City, and about four miles southwest of Garland, the stake headquarters.

History timeline


 * 1894 - A branch of the Church was organized June 14, at Point Lookout and given the name of Roweville Branch.
 * 1898 - On June 26, the Roweville Branch was organized into a ward named Bothwell.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Bothwell+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Bothwell Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Centerdale Branch
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 126.

Boundaries:

Centerdale Branch, Bear River Stake, Box Elder Co., Utah, consists of a few families of Latter-day Saints residing in the north end of the so-called Blue Creek country and on the ridge separating Blue Valley from the Pocatello Valley lying west of Bear River Valley and originally constituting a part of the Howell Ward.

History timeline


 * 1914 - The branch was organized in 1914 with a presiding Elder.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Centerdale+Branch+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Centerdale Branch, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Deweyville Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 192-193.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Deweyville+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Deweyville Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

East Garland Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 205.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of East Garland+Ward+Utah church and other records] for East Garland Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Elwood Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 224.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Elwood+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Elwood Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Fielding Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 249.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Fielding+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Fielding Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Garland Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 275-276.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Garland+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Garland Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Howell Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 275-276.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Garland+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Garland Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Penrose Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 275-276.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Garland+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Garland Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Plymouth Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 666-667.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Plymouth+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Plymouth Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Riverside Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 712.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of Riverside+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Riverside Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Thatcher Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 872.

Boundaries:

Thatcher Ward, Bear River Stake, Box Elder Co., Utah, consists of Latter-day Saints residing in the west part of the so-called Bear River Flat or Bear River Valley. The ward is bounded on the north by the Bothwell Ward, east by the Tremonton Ward, south by the Penrose Ward, and west by the mountains. The center of the ward, where the meeting house and school house stand, is about 11 miles southwest of Garland, 12 miles northwest of Bear River City, and 22 miles northwest of Brigham City.

History timeline


 * 1896 - A Sunday school was organized in the neighborhood July 5, and a branch, called the West Side Branch of the Bothwell Ward, was also organized.
 * 1902 - This branch was organized in the fall of 1902 as the Thatcher Ward.

Obtain the Records


 * List of Thatcher+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Thatcher Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Tremonton Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 895.

Boundaries:

Tremonton Ward, Bear River Stake, Box Elder Co., Utah, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of Bear River Valley which is bounded on the north by the Garland Ward, on the east by Bear River, on the south by Elwood Ward and on the west by the Bothwell and Thatcher wards.

History timeline


 * 1914 - The Tremonton Ward dates back to Dec. 13, when it was organized from the north part of the Elwood Ward,

Obtain the Records


 * List of Tremonton+Ward+Utah church and other records] for Tremonton Ward, Utah at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.