Nauvoo, Pennsylvania | |
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Coordinates: 41°33′52″N77°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 | 570 |
GNIS feature ID | 1182186 [1] |
Nauvoo is an unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1]
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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]
Nauvoo is on the line between the townships of Liberty and Morris.
There were four post-offices in the Nauvoo area in 1883. [5]