WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
ST. GEORGE STAKE
ST. GEORGE UTAH STAKE
Church of Jesus Crist of Latter-day Saints
BOUNDARIES
TBDHISTORY
The St. George Stake was formed on November 7, 1869 out of the Southern Utah Mission. It was the ninth stake organized since the arrival of the pioneers in Utah in 1847. Joseph W. Young, who had been the Assistant to the President of the Southern Utah Mission, was set apart at the Stake President.On April 18, 1877, the Kanab Stake was split off of the St. George Stake as part of a general ecclesiastical reorganization in the Utah Territory.
On June 9, 1912, the Moapa Stake (later renamed the Logandale Nevada Stake) was split off of the St. George Stake.
On December 8, 1929, the Zion Park Stake (later renamed the Hurricane Utah Stake) was split off of the St. George Stake. The Leeds Ward remained in the St. George Stake and everything east of there went to the Zion Park Stake.
On December 15, 1940, the Uvada Stake (later renamed the Enterprise Utah Stake) was split off of the St. George Stake.
As of December 20, 1940, the St. George Stake was made up of the Central Ward, Gunlock Ward, Ivins Ward, Leeds Ward, Mt. Trumbull Ward, Pine Valley Ward, Santa Clara Ward, St. George East Ward, St. George Center Ward, St. George South Ward, St. George West Ward, Veyo Ward, Washington Ward, and the Shivwits Indian Branch.
On February 5, 1961, the St. George East Stake was split off of the St. George Stake.
A church-wide policy that went into effect on February 1, 1974 to name stakes with a city name followed by a state name. As a result, the St. George Stake was renamed the St. George Utah Stake.
On March 5, 1978, the St. George Utah West Stake was split off of the St. George Stake.
PRESIDENCIES
First Stake Presidency (November 7, 1869 to June 6, 1874)Joseph Watson Young, President (November 7, 1869 to June 7, 1873)
Robert Gardner, First Counselor (November 7, 1869 to June 6, 1874)
James Godson Bleak, Second Counselor (November 7, 1869 to November 3, 1872)
Alexander Findlay McDonald, Second Counselor (November 3, 1872 to June 6, 1874)
Second Stake Presidency (June 6, 1874 to April 6, 1877)
John Willard Young, President (June 6, 1874 to April 6, 1877)
Robert Gardner, First Counselor (June 6, 1874 to April 6, 1877)
Alexander Findlay McDonald, Second Counselor (June 6, 1874 to April 6, 1877)
Third Stake Presidency (April 6, 1877 to May 4, 1893)
John Daniel Thompson McAllister, President (April 6, 1877 to May 4, 1893)
Henry D. Eyring, First Counselor (April 6, 1877 to May 4, 1893)
Thomas Jefferson Jones, Second Counselor (April 6, 1877 to March 20, 1881)
Daniel Duncan McArthur, Second Counselor (March 20, 1881 to May 4, 1893)
Fourth Stake Presidency (May 4, 1893 to June 15, 1901)
Daniel Duncan McArthur, President (May 4, 1893 to June 15, 1901)
Anthony W. Ivins, First Counselor (May 4, 1893 to ?????????, 1895)
David Henry Cannon, First Counselor (?????????, 1895 to June 15, 1901)
Erastus Beamon Snow, Second Counselor (May 4, 1893 to September 22, 1900)
Fifth Stake Presidency (June 15, 1901 to June ??, 1925)
Edward Hunter Snow, President (June 15, 1901 to June ??, 1925)
Thomas Punter Cottam, First Counselor (June 15, 1901 to June ??, 1925?)
George F. Whitehead, Second Counselor (June 15, 1901 to June ??, 1925)
Sixth Stake Presidency (June ??, 1925 to September 21, 1930)
Joseph K. Nicholes, President (June ??, 1925 to September 21, 1930)
William Oscar Bentley, Jr., First Counselor (June ??, 1925 to September 21, 1930)
Walter Cannon, Second Counselor (June ??, 1925 to September 21, 1930)
Seventh Stake Presidency (September 21, 1930 to December 15, 1940)
William Oscar Bentley, Jr., President (September 21, 1930 to December 15, 1940)
Wilford W. McArthur, First Counselor (September 21, 1930 to December 15, 1940)
Orval Hafen, Second Counselor (September 21, 1930 to December 15, 1940)
Eighth Stake Presidency (December 15, 1940 to January 8, 1950)
Harold S. Snow, President (December 15, 1940 to January 8, 1950)
Vernon Worthen, First Counselor (December 15, 1940 to January 8, 1950)
William H. Prince, Second Counselor (December 15, 1940 to September 28, 1941)
Vivian J. Frei, Second Counselor (September 28, 1940 to January 8, 1950)
Ninth Stake Presidency (January 8, 1950 to January 18, 1953)
William H. Bennett, President (January 8, 1950 to January 18, 1953)
Rulon A. Snow, First Counselor (January 8, 1950 to January 18, 1953)
James A. Andrus, Second Counselor (January 8, 1950 to January 18, 1953?)
Tenth Stake Presidency (January 18, 1953 to June 29, 1958)
Wilford Joseph Reichmann, President (January 18, 1953 to June 29, 1958)
Rudger C. Atkin, First Counselor (January 18, 1953 to June 29, 1958)
Ellvert H. Himes, Second Counselor (January 18, 1953 to October 18, 1953)
Theodore (Ted) M. Peterson, Second Counselor (October 18, 1953 to June 29, 1958)
Eleventh Stake Presidency (June 29, 1958 to February 5, 1961)
Rudger C. Atkin, President (June 29, 1958 to February 5, 1961)
Theodore (Ted) M. Peterson, First Counselor (June 29, 1958 to February 5, 1961)
Leon Jennings, Second Counselor (June 29, 1958 to February 5, 1961)
Twelfth Stake Presidency (February 5, 1961 to November 29, 1970)
Andrew Oxborrow McArthur, President (February 5, 1961 to November 29, 1970)
Grant Church Whitehead, First Counselor (February 5, 1961 to November 29, 1970)
Kenneth Conway Weaver, Second Counselor (February 5, 1961 to November 29, 1970)
Thirteenth Stake Presidency (November 29, 1970 to March 5, 1978)
Kenneth Robertson Metcalf, President (November 29, 1970 to March 5, 1878)
Arlo John Hafen, First Counselor (November 29, 1970 to March 5, 1978)
Kay Williams Wilkinson, Second Counselor (November 29, 1970 to ???ember 31, 1975)
Sheldon B. Johnson, Second Counselor (???ember 31, 1975 to March 5, 1978)
Fourteenth Stake Presidency (March 5, 1978 to ????)
Kenneth Robertson Metcalf, President (March 5, 1978 to ????)
Thales A. Derrick, First Counselor (March 5, 1978 to ????)
Douglas Nielson, Second Counselor (March 5, 1978 to ????)
PHOTOS
WCHS photos:WCHS-03154 Photo of a St. George Stake & St. George West Stake history poster
REFERENCES
History of Santa Clara, Utah: a Blossom in the DesertCompiled and edited by Joyce Wittwer Whittaker
Published by the Santa Clara Historical Society, 2003.
Pages 406-410
Under Dixie Sun
Washington County Chapter, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
1950 with 1978 Supplement
Unnumbered pages between Pages 296 and 297.