Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Iron County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
School records
- School register and attendance roll · Cedar City School District · Series 240671888-1889
- Board of Trustee's letterpress book · Cedar City School District · Series 236521896-1898
- Treasurer's account book · Cedar City School District · Series 236441913-1914
- Superintendent's account book · County Superintendent of Schools · Series 236491904-1917
- Trustee's financial account book · Parowan School District · Series 236501913-1914
Vital records
Other records
- Incorporation case files · County Clerk · Series 175741884-1895
- Articles of incorporation record books · County Clerk · Series 837481870-1948
- Claims · County Commission · Series 218761852-1859
- Publications · County Commission · Series 252211957 onward (catalog open end)
- Minutes · County Commission · Series 837471851 onward (catalog open end)
- Mining location notices (placer claims) · County Recorder · Series 239521905-1965
- Stateline Mining District records transcript · County Recorder · Series 239691896-1897
- Mining abstracts · County Recorder · Series 239551955-1960
- Mining location notices · County Recorder · Series 61441881-1964
- Mining location notices indexes · County Recorder · Series 239541920-1960
- Miscellaneous records · County Recorder · Series 239811897-1964
- Official records · County Recorder · Series 70641974 onward (catalog open end)
- Record books · County Recorder · Series 130541924 onward (catalog open end)
- Justice docket · Justice of the Peace : Parowan Precinct · Series 837241884-1913; 1925-1933
Land records
Court records
- Court document record books · County Recorder · Series 174761889 onward (catalog open end)
Military records
Tax records
- Assessment books · County Treasurer · Series 63521874 onward (catalog open end)
- Tax sale records · County Treasurer · Series 837531971 onward (catalog open end)
Probate records
- Minutes · Probate Court · Series 174771853-1870
- Administrators' record book · Probate Court · Series 284211882-1894
- Probate record book · Probate Court · Series 274381868-1870
- Insanity case minute book · Probate Court · Series 284221886-1896
- Fee book · Probate Court · Series 284201887-1896
- Land certificates (Parowan) · Probate Court · Series 236421872-1879
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Repository access note: Selected Utah State Archives county series whose catalog primary classification is Public, excluding nonpublic secondary classifications. Classification does not certify unrestricted access to every item. Dates and creating offices come from the catalog; open ends do not establish current coverage. Confirm holdings, restrictions and formats with the Archives.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Iron County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county recorder, the county clerk and the district court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county recorder
Deeds and other land records.
- The county clerk
Marriage licenses.
- The district court
Probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.
- The Utah State Archives
In Salt Lake City: county and territorial records, including probate and court records.
- Utah State Archivesfree
The state archives in Salt Lake City, with county and territorial records and online indexes.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Utah, Iron" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Iron County: Beaver County, Garfield County, San Juan County, Washington County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1850, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
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