Trails to the Past of Utah is requesting any genealogy materials that you may have such as Obituaries, News Clippings, Wills, Deaths, Births, and Marriages, You do not need the certificates, but only the source of the information. If you should happen to have any of these items, please email them to Marie Miller, the State of Utah Administrator. Thank you.
Washington's county seat and largest city is St. George. The county was named for the first President of the United States, George Washington Established as colonies to grow cotton, before the beginning of the American Civil War, Utah's Dixie as the early settlements in Washington County were known, St. George, Grafton, Duncans Retreat, Adventure, and Northrop were nearly destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862 that followed forty-four days of rainfall in January and February 1862. Springdale and Rockville were founded in 1862 by settlers flooded out of Adventure, Northup and other places in the vicinity.
Cities and Towns
Apple Valley, incorporated in 2004
Enterprise
Hildale
Hurricane
Ivins
La Verkin
Leeds
New Harmony
Rockville
Santa Clara
Springdale
St. George
Toquerville
Virgin
Washington
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Adjacent Counties
Iron County, Utah (north)
Kane County, Utah (east)
Mohave County, Arizona (south)
Lincoln County, Nevada (west)
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