Pine Valley’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Pine Valley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPine Valley is a census-designated place in north-central Washington County, Utah, United States that lies approximately 45 minutes north of the county seat, St. George. It is located at the head of the Santa Clara River in the Pine Valley Mountains, and was settled in 1859. The population was 249 at the 2020 census. Significant landmarks include the Pine Valley Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints designed by shipbuilder Ebenezer Bryce in 1868 using the scheme of an upside-down boat. Pine Valley Chapel is the oldest Mormon chapel in continuous use.
Pine Valley was established in 1859. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 186 to 249 (+34%). Half of its homes were built before 1992.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pine Valley yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Pine Valley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pine Valley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPine Valley Ward Chapel, Main & G…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pine Valley, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Pine Valley
1 place in Pine Valley is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Pine Valley Ward Chapel, Main & Grass Valley Streets and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.