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Court Records

• "County Court Minutes Vol A 1851-1854" and "Probate Court Minutes 1854-1868" are part of FS digital collection: Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001.
• Court Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Directories

• Directories. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Ethnic and Other Groups

Funeral Homes

Southern Utah Mortuary^[4]
190 North 300 West
Cedar City, Utah 84720
Toll-Free: (888)586-4040
Phone: (435)586-4040
Fax: (435)586-4343

15 East 100 North
Parowan, UT 84761
Phone: 435-586-4040
Toll Free Phone: 888-586-4040
Fax: 435-586-4343

Swindlehurst Funeral Home^[5]
2071North Main St.
Cedar City, Utah 84720
Phone: 435-867-5566
Fax: 435-867-5559

Gazetteers

Genealogy

A FamilySearch Community Tree is available for this place.

Guardianship

• Guardianship Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

History

Interesting Facts

Iron County was originally named Little Salt Lake Valley, and renamed for the iron mines west of Cedar City.

History Books and Articles

• Histories. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
• History of Iron County Mission, Parowan, Utah Ancestry.com ($)
  

History Timeline

See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for Iron County, Utah.

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Iron County, Parowan, Utah and Ceder City, Utah

• 1776. Ancestors of present day Paiute Indians met the Dominguez-Escalante Expediton in this area. 
• 1850. January 31. Iron County was created as an original county. ^[6]
• 1851 January. First settlement at Parowan as “Iron Mission”.
• 1851. Cedar City settled by Mormon pioneers.
• 1858. Iron works closed, but mining continued.
• 1900’s. Sheep and dairy industries well established.
• 1923. Became tourist gateway with railroad connection to county.
• 1933. Cedar Breaks National Monument established.
• 1961. Utah Shakespeare Festival founded by Fred C. Adams.
• 1964-1965. Brian Head Ski Resort opened for skiing.
  

Notable People

Michael O. Leavitt was born and educated in Cedar City. Governor of Utah, administrator of the United States Environment Protection Agency and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Land and Property

• "Land Certificates 1872" and "Land Certificates 1872-1879" are part of the FS digital collection: Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001.
• Land and Property Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Maps

Google highway map of Iron County 2012

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Iron County, Utah for emigrant settlers included:

• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[7]
• Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California^[8]
• Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah (among others) to Omaha, Nebraska^[9]

Military

The USGenWeb Archives, Iron County, Utah containes World War II, Army Enlistments, 1938 - 1946.

Native Races

• Native Races Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Naturalization and Citizenship

  Newspapers

Small town newspapers contain obituaries, birth or death notices, community news (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and provide historical content. See Utah newspapers for tips, resources, and details.

• Utah Digital Newspapers Project presents newspaper images online. Search All Newspapers by name or keywords, or Browse by County to view all newspapers digitized for Iron County, Utah.
  • Parowan Times 1915-1945 and Iron County Records 1923-1940 are included.
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Iron County, Utah] are listed in Chronicling America by Library of Congress (LOC).
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)

• Newspapers. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Obituaries

Obituaries may mention birth, marriage, spouse, parents, and living family members. See Utah Obituaries for state level compendiums and United States Obituaries for tips and insights regarding this record type.

Obituaries for residents may be found in:

• Newspapers of Iron County, Utah
  *Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
  *Obituaries of neighboring counties
  *Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City
  

• Iron County Obituaries (work in progress) at UTGenWeb - free.
  

Periodicals

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

In Utah, such records may be difficult to find. Try records of the church they may have attended. Realize, however, that such records may have not been preserved, and would not be in the typical records of membership.

It is possible there were records kept by civilian authorities. Ask town or county officials and local librarians and the State Archives. Also try National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (online).

Probate Records

• Probate Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Public Records

• Public Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Religion and Religious Life

• Religion and Religious Life Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Resource Repositories

County Courthouse

   Welcome to Iron County, Utah - Official Website

Iron County Courthouse
68 S 100 E
Parowan, UT 84761

The County Courthouse in its various departments has land records, marriage records, and tax records.

County seat: Parowan

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Cedar City Utah Family History Center
• Newcastle Utah Family History Center
• Parowan Utah Family History Center

Libraries

Societies and Social Groups

Schools

• School Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Social Life and Customs

• Social Life and Customs Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Taxation

• Taxation Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Vital Records

• Vital Records. of Iron County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Iron County, Utah. Also available: How to Find Birth Information in Utah.

Follow the suggestions under the year span that matches when your ancestor was born:

Before 1850

Iron County, Utah was formed in 1850 as Little Salt Lake County.

Before county formation, go to Utah Censuses to locate the family around the time of birth.

1850-1897

No birth records were created for Iron County, Utah by either by county or state civil authorities in this time period.

Follow these suggestions to find birth information for this time period:

• Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 give birth date and place (recorded at the time of death), names of parents, and name of spouse. Search by names or by exact death date.
• Church records usually give birth date and place and names of parents.
• See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
• See also neighboring counties for birth information, due to family members living in that area, religious preferences, convenience, and other reasons.

1898-present

County clerks became responsible for recording births beginning in 1898.^[10] In 1905, the State Department of Health assumed responsibility and required the counties to forward copies of the records to them.

It took a few years after the requirements for people, doctors, midwives, and officials to comply, so some early birth registrations were missed.

Records open to the public

Birth records created more than 100 years ago^[11] are open to the public.

• Online index to births 1898–1905 Series 83761 for Iron County, Utah by the Utah State Archives. (Free) Search by names of parents, as many entries do not give the child's name. Each entry includes date of birth, sex, residence, etc. The first 6 entries have the child's name.
  • Inventory of series 83761 at Utah State Archives.
  • FamilySearch Library copy: FHL film 485222 item 2-4 .
  • Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
• 1906-1910 online images for Iron County, Utah at the State Archives. Browse the "not yet indexed" area by year and county. Most entries do have names of children.
  
  • Later records open to the public are housed at the Utah State Archives, but not online.
• Online Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941, a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. (Index only, free). Created from the old IGI, this is a mix of some extracted records and submissions by patrons. Please realize it is not complete.

Restricted records

Access to official birth records within 100 years is restricted to those who meet certain requirements. Order copies:

• Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288 North 1460 West, Salt Lake City, Utah, Phone: (801) 538-6105. How to order online, by mail, or in person.

• Southwest Utah Public Health Department Iron County, 260 DL Sargent Dr., Cedar City, UT 84720. Phone (435) 586-2437.

Marriage

1888-1938 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Iron County 1888-1938.^[12]

Death

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/ .  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.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Death Record Substitutes

• 1870 - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 at Ancestry ($). Includes 1870 Iron County, Utah mortality schedule.
  

Voting Registers

Towns and Communities

• Avon
• Beryl
• Beryl Junction
• Buckhorn Springs
• Cedar City
• Enoch
• Gold Springs
• Hamilton Fort
• Heist
• Iron Mountain
• Iron Springs
• Irontown
• Kanarraville
• Latimer
• Lund
• Modena
• Newcastle
• North View
• P-Hill
• Paragonah
• Parowan
• Summit
• Uvada
• Wheatgrass
• Yale Crossing
• Zane

References

1. ↑ Alice Eichholz, Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 676-677. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004.
2. ↑ "List of counties in Utah," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iron County, Utah Page 687 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory.(Youngstown, OH: Nomis Publications, Inc., c2009,937.
5. ↑ Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory.(Youngstown, OH: Nomis Publications, Inc., c2009,937.
6. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
7. ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).
8. ↑ "Jefferson Hunt" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Hunt (accessed 6 September 2011).
9. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Union Pacific Railroad" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Railroad (accessed 14 September 2011).
10. ↑ Utah State Archives, Birth Records guide, accessed 28 July 2012.)
11. ↑ State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. Accessed 7/31/2012
12. ↑ "Iron County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Iron/, accessed 1 February 2012.