Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Utah County Spanish Fork, Utah

Quick History
Spanish Fork Utah is nestled at the south end of Utah County and against the Wasatch Mountain Range on the East. First explored by two Franciscan Friars named Silvestre Valez de Escalante and Francisco Atanasio de Dominguez. The name "Spanish Fork" appeared many years later on John C. Fremont's map of the area published in 1845. .

Timeline

 * First Home Built: 1850 Enoch Reece settled the first home, followed by Charles Ferguson and George Sevey.
 * 1852: 100 families had settled along the Spanish Fork River
 * 1852: Latter-day Saints founded a settlement called Palmyra west of the historic center of Spanish Fork
 * 1853: A fort was established called “Fort Luke” at the base of Spanish Fork Canyon

Cemeteries
Spanish Fork City Cemetery


 * Spanish Fork Cemetery
 * Spanish Fork, Utah Pioneer Cemetery

Gravestone Projects

 * BillionGraves
 * Findagrave.com
 * Utah Gravestone Photo Project

Mill Fork Cemetery

This cemetery is technically associated with Thistle, a town that was destroyed in 1984 after a landslide created a dam in Spanish Fork Canyon following a very wet winter and rapid spring warming which caused fast snow melt, which flooded out both east and south of the present-day junction for US-89 at US-6, and the cemetery was before the flooding more off the old highway alignment for US 6 which ran south and below where it does now, the new road put the cemetery within easy access for those seeking to find graves within it.
 * Mill Fork Cemetery

Church History and Records

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * 1) Leland
 * 2) Spanish Fork
 * 3) Spanish Fork 1
 * 4) Spanish Fork 2
 * 5) Spanish Fork 3
 * 6) Spanish Fork 4
 * 7) Spanish Fork 5

Marriage Records

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death Records

 * 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 in about 1962 and is current to within two months.
 * Utah Death Record 1888-1946.
 * 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