Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Tooele County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Other records
- Tooele County Recreation Commission minutes · Board of Education · Series 284751945-1946
- Sheep herder's receipts · County Assessor · Series 264421920-1940
- Audit reports · County Auditor · Series 264531929-1932
- Articles of incorporation record books of LDS church wards · County Clerk · Series 156911882-1883
- Incorporation case files · County Clerk · Series 148781901-1961
- Oath Record · County Clerk · Series 18011887-1896
- Grantsville Cooperative Mercantile and Manufacturing Institution minutes · County Clerk · Series 284831873-1907
- Merchants' and peddlers' licenses · County Clerk · Series 261771885-1893
- Incorporation record books · County Clerk · Series 285201871-1961
- Register of Officers · County Clerk · Series 33641883-1892, 1910-
- Statements and affidavits of campaign receipts and disbursements · County Clerk · Series 55151938
- Annual audits · County Clerk · Series 15461927 onward (catalog open end)
- Election registers · County Clerk · Series 261751932 onward (catalog open end)
- Election and voting records · County Clerk · Series 261761878 onward (catalog open end)
- Record of Highways · County Clerk · Series 33631889-1891
- Ordinance and correspondence files · County Council · Series 291771912-1924
- Monthly department reports · County Council · Series 261741903-1924
- Tooele County relief files · County Council · Series 264411932-1935
- Records of business transacted · County Council · Series 261581867-1888
- Relief Committee time books · County Council · Series 263991933-1934
- Tooele Valley Airport master plan · County Council · Series 261541986
- Ordinances and resolutions · County Council · Series 17971896 onward (catalog open end)
- Publications · County Council · Series 252251976 onward (catalog open end)
- Minutes · County Council · Series 842301851 onward (catalog open end)
- Index to minutes · County Council · Series 284821894-1995
- Correspondence · County Council · Series 260381897 onward (catalog open end)
- General mining index · County Recorder · Series 241741869-1978
- Mining claims abstracts · County Recorder · Series 245621891-1978
- Mining abstracts index · County Recorder · Series 241771891-1978
- Mining records · County Recorder · Series 61501885-1955
- Patented mining claims index · County Recorder · Series 245641891-1978
- Willow Springs Mining District records · County Recorder · Series 244081891-1900
- Mining location notices indexes · County Recorder · Series 241761891-1978
- Official records · County Recorder · Series 71341930 onward (catalog open end)
- Grantor and grantee indexes · County Recorder · Series 60991886 onward (catalog open end)
- Township index · County Recorder · Series 17495ca. 1880-
- Miscellaneous records index · County Recorder · Series 245631901 onward (catalog open end)
- Fee and entry books · County Recorder · Series 842621899 onward (catalog open end)
- Mining districts index · County Recorder · Series 241821951 onward (catalog open end)
- Historical maps · County Recorder · Series 305361868-ca. 1910
- Road record · County Recorder · Series 179421889-ca. 1900
- Fee Book · County Recorder · Series 314861896-1898
- Day book · County Sheriff · Series 260501886-1921
- Traffic citations · County Sheriff · Series 63121989-2015
- Booking sheets · County Sheriff · Series 827291987 onward (catalog open end)
- Sheriff's Fee Books · County Sheriff · Series 301501896-1967
- Accounts receivable · County Treasurer · Series 263971922-1956
- Invoices · County Treasurer · Series 263981918-1919
- Justice's docket · Justice of the Peace : Deep Creek · Series 37121908-1924
- Docket book · Justice of the Peace : Gold Hill Precinct · Series 260691917-1926
- Justice docket books · Justice of the Peace : Grantsville Precinct · Series 37171876, 1902-1943
- Justice docket for Ophir and Tooele City precincts · Justice of the Peace : Ophir Precinct · Series 284981876-1891
- Ophir and Tooele City precincts docket book · Justice of the Peace : Tooele Valley Precinct · Series 235231876-1890, 1910-1918, 1929-1939
Tax records
- Taxpayer's statements · County Assessor · Series 264521895-1897
- Tax statements · County Assessor · Series 264001917
- Federal tax lien index · County Recorder · Series 117641949 onward (catalog open end)
- Tax assessment rolls · County Treasurer · Series 842551873 onward (catalog open end)
- Tax assessment rolls index · County Treasurer · Series 99061940-1979
Vital records
- Register of Births · County Clerk · Series 842401898-1905
- Birth reports · County Clerk · Series 35371898-1905
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk · Series 842471898-1905
- Marriage license books · County Clerk · Series 61171887 onward (catalog open end)
- Death reports · County Clerk · Series 35391898-1905
- Divorce docket · Probate Court · Series 311041874-1887
Land records
- Deeds · County Recorder · Series 60801852-1955
- Official maps and plats and index · County Recorder · Series 77131893 onward (catalog open end)
Court records
Probate records
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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
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