Utah County Resources
This entry was originally written by Patricia Lyn Scott, CA and Gary Topping Ph.D. for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The chart that follows is based on information from the Utah State Archives as verified by the Atlas of Utah (Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1981) and John W. van Cott, Utah Place Names (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1990). County recorders maintain those land records of transactions filed in their counties. Many original birth and death records before statewide recording have been transferred to the Utah State Archives. Since this is an on-going process, it is best to contact them first regarding a specific county's records in their holdings. Those county record books before 1905 that have not been transferred are at the county clerk's office.
Courts were divided into districts with different county seats functioning as the seat of record at different times. Some of the original records that are extant for a county may not be in the county seat but may have been transferred to the Utah State Archives (see Utah Probate Records and Utah Court Records). Those at the county seat reside with the county clerk. The listing of the dates below were verified by the Utah State Archives and checked against the FHL catalog, the State Archives' Series Catalog, the WPA Guide to Public Vital Statistics of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Historical Records Survey, 1941), and individual county holdings.
| Map | County | County Address | Date Formed | Parent County(ies) | Birth | Marriage | Death | Land | Probate | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | Beaver | 105 E. Center, Beaver 84713 | 1856 | Iron | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1900'05 | 1867 | 1856 | 1856 |
| A2 | Box Elder | 01 S. Main St., Brigham City 84302 | 1856 | Green River/Weber | 1898'1905 | 1888 | 1898'1905 | 1856 | 1856 | 1856 |
| A4 | Cache | 179 N. Main St., Logan 84321 | 1856 | Green River | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1857 | 1860 | 1860 |
| E6 | Carbon | 120 E. Main, Price 84501 | 1894 | Emery | 1898'1918 | 1894 | 1898'1905 | 1894 | 1894 | 1894 |
| Carson | 1854 | (became part of Nevada Territory in 1861) | ||||||||
| Cedar | 1856 | (abolished 1862; annexed to Utah County) | ||||||||
| B7 | Daggett | 95 N. First West, Manila 84046 | 1917 | Uintah | * | 1918 | * | 1918 | 1918 | 1918 |
| * See Uintah County | ||||||||||
| B4 | Davis | State and Main St., Farmington 84025 | 1850 | original | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1870 | 1853 | 1852 |
| Deseret | 1856 | (became part of Nevada Territory in 1861) | ||||||||
| C6 | Duchesne | 50 E. 100 S., Duchesne 84021 | 1914 | Wasatch | * | 1915 | * | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 |
| * See Uintah County | ||||||||||
| F6 | Emery | 95 E. Main, Castle Dale 84513 | 1880 | Sanpete/Sevier | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1881 | 1887 | 1887 |
| H5 | Garfield | 55 S. Main, Panguitch 84759 | 1882 | Iron/Kane/Washington | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1882 | 1883 | 1882 | |
| F7 | Grand | 125 E. Center, Moab 84532 | 1890 | Emery/Uintah | 1898'1905 | 1890 | 1898'1905 | 1890 | 1890 | 1890 |
| Greasewood | 1856 | (discontinued in 1862; now part of Box Elder) | ||||||||
| Green River | 1852 | (annexed to Nebraska Territory in 1861; became part of Wyoming in 1868) | ||||||||
| Humbolt | 1856 | (became part of Nevada Territory in 1861) | ||||||||
| H2 | Iron | 68 S. 100 E., Parowan 84761 | 1850 (as Little Salt Lake) | original | 1898'1905 | 1888 | 1898'1905 | 1851 | 1870 | 1851 |
| E2 | Juab | 160 N. Main, Nephi 84648 | 1852 | original | 1898'1905 | 1888 | 1898'1905 | 1859 | 1859 | 1859 |
| J4 | Kane | 76 N. Main, Kanab 84741 | 1864 | Washington | 1900'09 | 1887 | 1900'05 | 1872 | 1878 | 1878 |
| Malad | 1856 | (discontinued in 1862; now a part of Box Elder) | ||||||||
| F2 | Millard | 60 S. Main, Fillmore 84631 | 1852 | Iron | 1887 | 1852 | 1852 | 1852 | ||
| B4 | Morgan | 48 W. Young St., Morgan 84050 | 1862 | Summit/Weber/Cache | 1898'1905 | 1869 | 1898'1905 | 1869 | 1869 | 1869 |
| G4 | Piute | P.O. Box 99, Junction 84740 | 1865 | Sevier | 1898'1900 | 1872 | 1868 | 1869 | 1869 | |
| A5 | Rich | 20 S. Main, Randolph 84064 | 1864 | original | 1898'1912 | 1888 | 1898'1912 | 1872 | 1872 | 1872 |
| Rio Virgin | 1869 | (became part of Nevada state, 1870) | ||||||||
| St. Mary's | 1856 | (became part of Nevada Territory, 1861) | ||||||||
| C4 | Salt Lake | 2001 S. State St., Salt Lake City 84190-1015 | 1850 | original | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1897'1905 | 1852 | 1852 | 1851 |
| J7 | San Juan | 117 S. Main, Monticello 84535 | 1880 | Iron/Kane/Piute | 1898'1917 | 1888 | 1897'1917 | 1883 | 1888 | 1898 |
| E4 | Sanpete | 160 N. Main, Manti 84642 | 1850 | original | 1898'1905 | 1888 | 1898'1905 | 1855 | 1852 | 1852 |
| F4 | Sevier | 250 N. Main, Richfield 84701 | 1865 | Sanpete | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1885 | 1865 | 1865 |
| Shambip | 1856 | (became part of Tooele County, 1863) | ||||||||
| B5 | Summit | 60 N. Main, Coalville 84017 | 1854 | Green River/Salt Lake | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1862 | 1866 | 1866 |
| C2 | Tooele | 47 S. Main, Tooele 84074 | 1850 | original | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1852 | 1870 | 1859 |
| D7 | Uintah | 152 E. 100 N., Vernal 84078 | 1880 | Summit/Wasatch/Sanpete | 1896'1905 | 1888 | 1896'1905 | 1880 | 1880 | 1880 |
| D4 | Utah | 100 E. Center St., Provo 84601 | 1850 | original | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1851 | 1859 | 1852 |
| C5 | Wasatch | 25 N. Main, Heber City 84031 | 1862 | Green River/Davis | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1862 | 1883 | 1862 |
| J2 | Washington | 197 E. Tabernacle, St. George 84770 | 1852 | original | 1898'1905 | 1885 | 1898'1905 | 1856 | 1873 | 1856 |
| G5 | Wayne | 18 S. Main, Loa 84747 | 1892 | Piute | 1898'1905 | 1892 | 1899'1905 | 1892 | 1892 | 1892 |
| B4 | Weber | 2549 Washington Blvd., Ogden 84401 | 1850 | original | 1898'1905 | 1887 | 1898'1905 | 1850 | 1852 | 1852 |
