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Quick History

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1850: as Weber Fort or East Weber

1867: Name changed to Easton by settlers who remained.

1869: Name changed to Uintah

1937: Incorporated as a town

Neighboring Communities

Ogden | Riverdale | Washington Terrace | South Ogden

City Hall

Uintah City Hall
2191 East 6550 South
Uintah, UT 84405
Phone: 801-479-4130
Fax: 801-476-7269

Resources

Biography & Genealogies

Cemetery

The first Uintah Cemetery was located west and south from the current cemetery where the upper railroad tracks are now located. When the upper tracks were constructed, the cemetery was moved to its present location. [3]

Uintah Town Cemetery
1500 East 6400 South
Uintah, UT 84405

  1. Findagrave.com
  2. BillionGraves
  3. Utah Gravestone Photo Project
  4. Utah State History - Cemetery Database

Church History and Records

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Uintah Ward, 1877 (formerly known as Deseret Ward) (Weber, Mount Ogden, and South Ogden Stakes) [4]
  • Record of members, 1870-1905, 1908-1941
  • (Form E (annual genealogical report), 1908-1948

History

  1. Utah Encyclopedia of History
  2. A brief of history of Uintah, Weber County, Utah, 1850 to 1934, by Timothy Kendall [5]

Maps

  1. USGS GNIS FID 1446835
  2. Google
  3. Hometown Locator

Newspapers

Historical Newspapers

Societies, Museums and Libraries

Ogden Pioneer Museum.jpg
  • Stewart Library ~ Weber State University
    3750 Harrison Blvd.
    Ogden, Utah
    801-626-6415

Suggested Reading

  • History of Weber County [6]

Vital Records

Birth

Marriages

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.
  • Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. 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. For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.
  • Ancestry.com $ Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
  • Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962.

Websites

  • Webtree.com, (F) listing individuals who born or died in Uintah. Due to the quirks of search results, picked up other Uintah locations. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.

References

  1. ↑ "FHLC Book 979.2 D3e" (Salt Lake City, Utah : Western Epics, 1966).
    Vol. 1 part 1 (FamilySearch Books Online)
    Vol. 1 part 2 (FamilySearch Books Online)
  2. ↑ Northrop, Joseph M.; Records of various missions Film: FHL 944282 Item 5
  3. ↑ History of Uintah Cemetery
  4. ↑ "FHLC Film 27387" (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the GSU, 1952)
  5. ↑ WorldCat
  6. ↑ Wiggins, Lou Jean S Wiggins; Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Weber County WorldCat 58465373
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