Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

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Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Nauvoo, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°33′52″N 77°12′33″W / 41.56444°N 77.20917°W / 41.56444; -77.20917Coordinates: 41°33′52″N 77°12′33″W / 41.56444°N 77.20917°W / 41.56444; -77.20917
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyTioga
Elevation
1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)570
GNIS feature ID1182186[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[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ "1883 History of Tioga County PA, Liberty Township". www.joycetice.com. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  3. ^ "Hiking to Nauvoo … Pennsylvania!". The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. September 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Nauvoo (Tioga County, PA): TripAdvisor Pages". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
  5. ^ "Former Speaker Lee dies", WCExaminer, Robert L. Baker, December 29, 2010
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