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 Westand 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

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

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

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

Websites

 * Willard Photos