Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Cache County

Cache County, Utah
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Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 5, 1856
County Seat	Logan
Courthouse
Address	County Courthouse 179 North Main St. Suite 102 Logan, UT 84321
Website: www.cachecounty.org
Named for: caches of furs made by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers
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County Courthouse

Cache County Official Website

179 North Main St.
Suite 102
Logan, UT 84321
435-755-1460

Historical Facts

Parent County

5 January 1856: Cache County was created from part of the area of old Green River County of the former Utah Territory and unorganized territory.

Neighboring Counties

Box Elder | Rich | Weber
Idaho counties: Bear Lake | Franklin | Oneida

Resources

Cemeteries (Rural)

For the cemeteries within or just outside the cities or towns, please refer to the listing of populated places above.

Mount Sterling

• Findagrave.com

Old Ephraim's Grave

• Findagrave.com

Cache County Cemeteries at the Utah Historical site

Census

For information and tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census

The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Cache County are available online. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

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

Church History and Records

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Cache County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Newspapers

• One major resource 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." The Utah Logan Journal from Cache County is included in this digital project. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Repositories

Archives and Libraries

Logan Library

255 North Main
Logan, UT 84321

Telephone: 435-716-9123

Special Collections include the former Everton Genealogical Library as well as local history, photos, and more.

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Hyrum Utah North Family History Center
• Logan Utah Family History Center
• Logan Utah YSA 3rd Family History Center
• Logan Utah YSA 4th Family History Center

Logan Utah Family History Center

= Births

Marriages

33,211 marriages from 11 Apr 1859 to 7 Mar 1966 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index. Index is incomplete as there are no civil government recorded marriages prior to 1887 in Utah.

Deaths

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.

Web Sites

• The Cache County UTGenWeb Project, a member of The UTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cache County.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cache County. (Backup site)
• Cache County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)