Welcome to The Matthews Family Home Page - St. George, Utah! St. George, Utah is the county seat of Washington County and is the largest of all the towns founded during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Cotton Mission of 1861.  Located in the southwest section of Utah at an elevation of 2,880 feet above sea level, St. George has an average annual temperature of 59.9° F with summer temperatures well into the 100s and the average maximum winter temperature around 55° F.  The average annual rainfall is 8.30 inches, and the normal growing season is 196 days.  All these factors made the area a suitable location for the early settlement. To get around within our home page, use the drop-down menu at the top of each page. Check out What's New on our home page by clicking on the Home drop-down menu option and selecting What's New or by clicking here. If you have any comments and/or suggestions, please click on the Home drop-down menu option and select Send E-Mail or click here. Thank you for visiting our home page.