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

Utah Church Records Salt Lake County Church Records  Liberty Stake, Utah LDS Church Wards and Branches

This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Liberty Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930
 * Area of the County: "southeast part of Salt Lake City" [My how it has grown since 1930!]
 * Headquarters in (town): Salt Lake City "Deseret Gymnasium, east of the Bishops’ Building, on College Avenue"
 * Boundaries of stake:
 * North: 3rd South St. (or Ensign Stake)
 * South: 13th South St. (or Granite Stake and Grant Stake)
 * East: the mountains
 * West: Main St. (or Pioneer Stake).

Obtain the Records


 * List of at the FamilySearch Library for Salt Lake County, Utah (entire county, not just the stake.)
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1904 February 26. Organized from part of Salt Lake Stake. It included Salt Lake City 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 31st, and 33rd wards.
 * 1907 December 22. South part of the 2nd Ward was organized as Liberty Ward.
 * 1909 January 13. East part of the 1st Ward was organized as Emigration Ward.
 * 1913 September 7. East part of the 31st Ward was organized as the Le Grand Ward.
 * 1924 February 17. East portion of LeGrand Ward was organized as Yale Ward

Salt Lake City 1st Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 6th South (10th Ward); east - 9th East (Emigration Ward); south - 9th South (31st and Liberty Wards); west - 6th East (2nd Ward).

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * [Year not given]. Boundaries extended North and East [how far not given]
 * 1900. Area east of 9th East taken to Emigration Ward (below) - back to the original boundary.
 * 1902. Area south of 9th South taken to 31st Ward - back to the original boundary.

Salt Lake City 2nd Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 6th South (9th Ward); east - 6th East (1st Ward); south - 9th South (Liberty Ward); west - 3rd East (3rd Ward)

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * 1852. Scandinavian Saints settled in 2nd Ward.
 * [Year not given]. Area south of 9th South added [how far not given]
 * 1907. Area south of 9th South taken to Liberty Ward - back to the original boundary.

Salt Lake City 3rd Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 6th South (8th Ward); east - 3rd East (2nd Ward); south - 9th South (Liberty Ward to 1st East, and extending to 13th South; west - Main Street [adjoining wards not mentioned].

Obtain the Records

History timeline Salt Lake City 3rd Ward
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * 1907. Portion from State Street to 3rd East and from 9th to 13st South tranferred to Liberty Ward.

Salt Lake City 8th Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (12th Ward and 13th Ward); east - "irregularly through the tier of blocks between 3rd and 4th East (9th Ward); south - 6th South (3rd Ward); west - Main Street (6th Ward and 7th Ward)


 * In the center of the ward is Eighth Ward Square, near which encampment was made by the advance party of Utah Pioneers, July 23, 1847...."

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.

Salt Lake City 9th Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (12th Ward and 13th Ward); east - 6th East (10th Ward); south - 6th South (2nd Ward); west - "irregular tier of blocks between 3rd and 4th East (8th Ward)

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.

Salt Lake City 10th Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (11th Ward); east - 10th East (33rd Ward); south - 6th South (1st Ward); west - 6th East (9th Ward).

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1849 February 22. Organized as one of 19 original wards and part of Salt Lake Stake.
 * 1902. Eastern part of the ward taken by 33rd Ward.

Salt Lake City 31st Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 9th South (1st Ward); east - 9th East (LeGrand Ward); south - 13th South (Hawthorne Ward); west - 7th East (Liberty Ward).

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1902 February 23. Organized from Southern portion of 1st Ward.
 * 1913 September 7. That part east of 9th East taken to LeGrand Ward.

Salt Lake City 33rd Ward
Boundaries:
 * North - 3rd South (11th Ward and University Ward); east - Fort Douglas Military Reservation; south - 6th South (Emigration Ward); west - 10th East (10th Ward)

Obtain the Records

History timeline
 * 1902 December 28. Formed from 10th Ward, then part of Salt Lake Stake.

Emigration Ward
Boundaries

Obtain the Records

History timeline

LeGrand Ward
Boundaries

Obtain the Records

History timeline

Liberty Ward
Boundaries

Obtain the Records

History timeline

Yale Ward
Boundaries

Obtain the Records

History timeline