Sanpete County, Utah Genealogy

United States &gt; Utah &gt; Sanpete County

Parent County
1852--Sanpete County was created 3 March 1852 as an original county. County seat: Manti

Ghost towns
Clarion | Dover

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Emery | Juab | Sevier | Utah

Cemeteries
Fairview, Sanpete, Utah - formerly known as North Bend. There are two cemeteries in Fairview; an upper cemetery and a lower cemetery. The lower cemetery is also known as the pioneer cemetery. It was used in the early years of the settlement. There is a transcription of the sexton's record for the lower cemetery available on rootsweb. The first interments were in 1859. The transcription includes all interments from 1859 to 1900.

Census

 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Axtell
 * Centerfield
 * Chester
 * Clarion
 * Ephraim
 * Ephraim N.
 * Ephraim S.
 * Ephraim W.
 * Fairview
 * Fairview N.
 * Fairview S.
 * Fayette
 * Fountain
 * Green
 * Freedom
 * Gunnison
 * Hamilton
 * Indianola
 * Manti
 * Manti Center
 * Manti N.
 * Manti S.
 * Mayfield
 * Milburn
 * Moroni
 * Moroni E.
 * Moroni W.
 * Mt. Pleasant
 * Mt. Pleasant N.
 * Mt. Pleasant S.
 *  Mountainville
 * Oakville
 * Spring City
 * Sterling
 * Wales

Newspapers

 * One major resouce for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." One newspaper from Sanpete County is included in this digital project, the Manti Messenger. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
18,441 marriages from 25 Sep 1850 to 9 Feb 2007 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog