Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Cache County

Parent Counties
5 January 1856: Cache County was created from part of the area of old Green River County of the former Utah Territory and unorganized territory.

Neighboring Counties
Box Elder | Rich | Weber Idaho counties: Bear Lake | Franklin | Oneida

History Timeline
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Cache County.


 * 1830. Jim Bridger and several other trappers bought out William Ashley and established the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, competing for the lucrative beaver pelt trade.
 * 1830s. Cache Valley was named for the fur stashes made by many of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
 * 1852. Mormon William Gardner became the first settler in Cache Valley.
 * 1856. Cache County was formed by the territorial legislature.
 * 1857. Smithfield was founded by Robert Thornley. Dairying, a Del Monte canning factory, and the sugar beet were the main industries.
 * 1859. The town of Logan was founded by Mormon settlers sent by Brigham Young.
 * 1859-60. Providence settled, mostly by Swiss LDS converts.
 * 1860. Hyrum was founded by Danish immigrants of sons of Ezra T. Benson.
 * 1864. Logan became the county seat, (and the principal city of the Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho).
 * 1864. Clarkston was laid out. It was named for Israel J. Clark.
 * 1869. Amalga was settled by Mormon settler Hans Jorgensen.
 * 1884. Logan Utah Temple dedicated.
 * 1888. Utah State University was founded in Logan.
 * 1891. Logan Tabernacle dedicated.in 1891.
 * 1907. Cornish City emerged as a town on the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
 * 1916. In Amalga, Amalgamated Sugar Company started making sugar from sugar beets.
 * 1941. Cache Valley Dairy Association in Amalga started to process milk into Swiss cheese.

Resources
Cache County Reference Books and Lookup Volunteers at the county GenWeb site.

Cache county Links at the county GenWeb site. Includes links to various types of information including court records, personal histories, newspapers, libraries, general Utah sites, etc.

Cemeteries
For the cemeteries within or just outside the cities or towns, please refer to the listing of populated places above.

Mount Sterling


 * Findagrave.com

Old Ephraim's Grave


 * Findagrave.com

Cache County Cemeteries at the Utah Historical site

Cache County Cemeteries at the county GenWeb site

Census
For information and tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census

The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Cache County are available online. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


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

Cache county Utah Census at county GenWeb site includes links to territorial as well as federal census.

Church Records
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Cache County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Histories

 * A Brief History of Cache County at the county GenWeb site was written by Larry D. Christiansen. It contains basic information about the county, statistics, and additional links to significant events, interesting features and individual histories.
 * A History of Cache Valley at the county GenWeb site compiled and written by M.R. Hovey in 1923 with a detailed table of contents.
 * Automobile History of Cache County, Utah at the county GenWeb site includes background information as well as an alphabetical listing of automobile owners from May 1909 through 1915.
 * Ghost towns in Cache County, Utah includes an interactive map. Click on the ghost town for a history of the area.
 * Cache County, Utah Towns at the county GenWeb site includes short historical sketches of existing towns as well as some old places.
 * Untraveled Road Cache County Photo tourincludes a brief history of Cache County and a virtual tour of several interesting areas in the county as well as several towns.

Newspapers

 * One major resource 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." The Utah Logan Journal from Cache County is included in this digital project. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Births

 * Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941 at FamilySearch. This is an index only.  Microfilm copies of the records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers.

Marriages
33,211 marriages from 11 Apr 1859 to 7 Mar 1966 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index. Index is incomplete as there are no civil government recorded marriages prior to 1887 in Utah.

Deaths
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates at FamilySearch. 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.

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

 * Logan Library
 * 255 North Main Logan, UT 84321
 * Telephone: 435-716-9123
 * Special Collections include the former Everton Genealogical Library as well as local history, photos, and more.

Courthouses
Cache County Official Website

179 North Main St. Suite 102 Logan, UT 84321 435-755-1460

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Hyrum Utah North Family History Center
 * Logan Utah Family History Center
 * Logan Utah YSA 3rd Family History Center
 * Logan Utah YSA 4th Family History Center

Logan Utah Family History Center

Societies and Social Groups
Cache Valley Historical Society

Smithfield Utah Historical Society