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

Utah Church Records Kane County Church Records  Kanab Stake, Utah LDS Church Wards and Branches

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

Source used for this page: p.387-388.

Kanab Stake, 1930
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 See Encyclopedic History..., p. 387-388.


 * Area of the County: Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in Kane County, Utah, and in the north parts of Coconino and Mohave counties, Arizona.
 * Headquarters in: Kanab, Utah.
 * Boundaries of stake:

Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in Kane County, Utah, and in the north parts of Coconino and Mohave counties, Arizona, with headquarters in Kanab, Utah,

History Timeline up to about 1930



Obtain the Records

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

Wards and Branches
Alton, Fredonia, Glendale, Kanab, Mount Carmel and Orderville, and one branch, Moccasin.

Alton Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 17-18.

Boundaries:

Consists of Latter-day Saints residing in the mountain settlement of Alton, which is situated immediately south of the Rim of the Basin, about three miles northeast of the neighborhood formerly known as Ranch, 28 miles north of Kanab, the stake headquarters, and 18 miles southwest of Hatch in Garfield County. It is also 13 miles northeast of Glendale, in Long Valley, and 35 miles southwest of Panguitch.

History timeline:


 * 1876 - A Branch was organized for the saints living in the Upper Kanab. The branch belonged to the Glendale Ward.  The Ranch(western part of Graham) also belonged to the Glendale Ward.
 * 1887 - The saints on the Upper Rio Virgen and Upper Kanab were organized as the Graham Ward.
 * 1908 - The name of the Graham Ward was changed to the Alton Ward, the new name being suggested due to the high altitude.

Obtain the records


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

Fredonia Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 264.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the records


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

Glendale Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 286.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the records


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

Kanab Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 388.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the records


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

Moccasin Branch
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 522-523.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the records


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

Mount Carmel Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 544.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the records


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

Orderville Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 621-622.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the records


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