Willard, Utah

United States Utah  Box Elder  Willard

History
Willard had its beginning in 1851, when several companies of settlers were sent out from Salt Lake City. Nineteen people located on North Willow Creek, seven miles south of where Brigham would soon be. Two years later, the settlement was moved to a better site, two miles farther south, and the name North Willow Creek was given to the new settlement. A fort wall was built to protect them from the threat of Indian attacks.

In 1859 the area was renamed Willard in honor of Willard Richards. Willard received her charter as a city in 1870. The town site encompasses seven square miles, being three and a half miles long and two miles wide.

Most of Willard's first settlers were mostly of Welsh, English, Scottish and Dutch descent having come in the overland companies from Nauvoo, Illinois. Most were farmers, but some were merchants, carpenters, blacksmiths and school teachers.
 * Willard History
 * Willard, Box Elder County History
 * No. Willow Creek Fort

Location
Willard is located in south-eastern Box Elder County. It is bordered on the east by the Wasatch Mountains, on the west by the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, on the north by Perry and on the south by Farr West and Pleasant View. Utah Wikipedia. Seven miles north is Brigham City; and Ogden is thirteen miles to the south. To the west are salt flats and the fresh water Willard Bay, created in 1964.

City Hall

 * Willard City Business Office 80 W 50 S, Willard, UT 435-734-9881

Biographies
The Willard Pioneer Cemetery residents have biographical sketches written about them by Merlene T. Breaggar Jones in the The Willard Pioneer Cemetery This book is about Willard's pioneers who passed away between 1854-1869.

Cemeteries
The first pioneer cemetery was established in 1854 with 120 documented burials.
 * Willard Pioneer Cemetery Transcriptions
 * Willard Pioneer Cemetery
 * Willard City Cemetery also known as Willard Precinct Cemetery, Willard Cemetery
 * Willard City Cemetery Transcriptions at Findagrave.com
 * Willard Markers
 * Willard Cemetery ~ Utah Gravestone Photo Project ~Willard Cemetery
 * Willard Pioneer Cemetery ~ Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Burial Database
 * NamesInStone.com

Newspapers

 * Standard-Examiner
 * Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers

 * Utah Digital Newspapers for North Ogden

Societies, Museums and Libraries

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum 2148 Grant Avenue Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460


 * Historic Willard Society 156 North 200 West Willard, UT 84340


 * Willard Library 80 West 50 South Willard, UT 84340 Phone: 435-723-2261

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Obituaries
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. 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.  For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.

Websites

 * Willard Photos