Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Franklin Stake, Idaho

Idaho Franklin County Church Records  Franklin Stake, Idaho 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.

Source for this page: p. 262.

Franklin Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p.262.


 * Area of the County:the stake is in the north end of Cache Valley, which valley is partly in Utah and partly in Idaho.
 * Headquarters in (town):of the stake are in Preston, Franklin Co.
 * Boundaries of stake:Consists of the south part of Franklin County. It extends northward to the Oneida Stake and east to the Wasatch Mountains. South it extends to the boundary line between Idaho and Utah, and west to a range of mountains which separate it from the Malad Stake.

History Timeline up to about 1930
 * 1920 - That part of Cache Valley which now is included in the Franklin Stake originally constituted a part of the Cache Stake of Zion, but when the Oneida Stake was organized in 1884, it became a part of that stake and thus remained until June 6, 1920, when the Oneida Stake was divided, and that part of the same which contained Cedarville, Fairview, Franklin, Mapleton, Preston 1st, Preston 2nd, Preston 5th, Weston, and Whitney wards, and the Roosevelt section of Dayton was taken from the Oneida Stake and organized into 3 new stake of Zion named Franklin.



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Cedarville Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.125.

Boundaries:


 * It is located west of Weston, Idaho

History timeline


 * 1902 - The Weston Branch was organized as a bishop’s ward Sept. 7, 1902, and called Cedarville.
 * 1908 - In 1908 a meeting house, a fine brick building, was erected at a cost of $5000.

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Fairview Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 242.

Boundaries:
 * Fairview ward is north of Lewiston, Utah, and south of Preston, Idaho. The ward extends north and south five miles and from east to west four miles, bounded on the north by Preston and east by Whitney and Franklin wards.

History timeline


 * 1877 - The Franklin and Lewiston wards, were organized into a branch of the Church in the fall of 1877. The branch was called Upper Lewiston, and included what is now Preston and Riverdale.
 * 1884 - The North Lewiston Branch was organized as a bishop’s ward named Fairview July 20.

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Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.