Wasatch County, Utah Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Wasatch County, Utah

History
Named for a Ute Indian word, meaning mountain pass or low place in the high mountains. The county seat is Heber City. It is largest city in the county.

Parent County

 * 1862--Wasatch County was created 17 January 1862 from Davis and Green River Counties (old). There is no longer a Green River County.

County seat: Heber City

Populated Places

 * Cities: Heber City | Midway


 * Unincorporated Communities: Bryants Fork | Buysville | Center Creek | Charleston | Cranmer | Daniel | Hailstone | Jordanelle | Keetley | Mound City | Mountain Spa | Parkview | Soapstone | Soldier Summit | Three Forks | Timber Lakes | Wallsburg

Neighboring Counties
Duchesne | Salt Lake | Summit | Utah

Census

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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Buysville
 * Center
 * Charleston
 * Daniel
 * Daniel's Creek
 * Elkhorn
 * Heber
 * Heber 1
 * Heber 2
 * Heber 3
 * Heber 4
 * Heber E.
 * Heber W.
 * Midway
 * Midway 1
 * Midway 2
 * Wallsburg

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 Wasatch County is included in this digital project, the Wasatch Wave. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

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