Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Nauvoo, Pennsylvania | |
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Unincorporated community | |
![]() ![]() Nauvoo, Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates: 41°33′52″N 77°12′33″W / 41.56444°N 77.20917°WCoordinates: 41°33′52″N 77°12′33″W / 41.56444°N 77.20917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Tioga |
Elevation | 1,467 ft (447 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 570 |
GNIS feature ID | 1182186[1] |
Nauvoo is an unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]
History[]
Nauvoo was founded in 1844 by the Mormon Nauvoo on account of the Mormon elder D.W. Canfield residing there. Nauvoo consisted of two stores, a post-office, a saloon, a hotel, a church, a grist-mill, a saw-mill, a school-house, a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, and 25 homes.[2]
The word Nauvoo is Hebrew and means beautiful, a place of rest and beauty.[3]
Geography[]
Nauvoo is on the line between the townships of Liberty and Morris.
Special Features[]
There were four post-offices in the Nauvoo area in 1883.[4]
Notable people[]
- Kenneth B. Lee, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives[5]
Notes[]
- ^ a b "Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "1883 History of Tioga County PA, Liberty Township". www.joycetice.com. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ "Hiking to Nauvoo … Pennsylvania!". The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. September 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nauvoo (Tioga County, PA): TripAdvisor Pages". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
- ^ "Former Speaker Lee dies", WCExaminer, Robert L. Baker, December 29, 2010
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Tioga County, Pennsylvania
- Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania geography stubs