Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

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Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
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Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°33′52″N77°12′33″W / 41.56444°N 77.20917°W / 41.56444; -77.20917
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 570
GNIS feature ID1182186 [1]

Nauvoo is an unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1]

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History

Nauvoo was founded in 1844 by the Mormon Nauvoo on account of the Mormon elder D.W. Canfield, who resided there. During this time, 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 dwellings. [2]

In 1840, Horace Fellows began manufacturing woolen goods and cloths. He eventually sold his machinery to Nauvoo. [3]

The word Nauvoo is Hebrew and means beautiful, a place of rest and beauty. [4]

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. [5]

Notable person

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Nauvoo, Tioga County, Pennsylvania". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "1883 History of Tioga County PA, Liberty Township". www.joycetice.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. "1883 History of Tioga County PA, Liberty Township". www.joycetice.com. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  4. "Hiking to Nauvoo … Pennsylvania!". The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. September 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  5. "Nauvoo (Tioga County, PA): TripAdvisor Pages". roadsidethoughts.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  6. "Former Speaker Lee dies", WCExaminer, Robert L. Baker, December 29, 2010