Washington County, Utah Genealogy

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County Courthouse
197 East Tabernacle St. George, UT 84770

Quick History
Named for George Washington, the first President of the United States.

Wikipedia

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

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

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

Census

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

Church
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

Newspapers

 * One major resouce for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers 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.

Vital Records
10,980 marriages from 1 Jan 1855 to 20 Aug 1966 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Record Search Pilot. 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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog