This is a List of Mormon place names, meaning towns and other places named, in modern times, after places and people in the

Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude date ...

, after Mormon leaders during the settlement of Utah, or after other elements of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

' history. See

List of Book of Mormon places This list is intended as a quick reference for locations mentioned in the Book of Mormon. - See also A * City of Aaron, Alma's planned destination after rejection in Ammonihah * Ablom, Refuge for Omer and his Family * Plains of Agosh, Jaredi ...

for a reference list of locations mentioned in the Book of Mormon, and

List of Book of Mormon people This list is intended as a quick reference for individuals mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Notation Names with superscripts (e.g., Nephi1) are numbered according to the index in the LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon. Missing indices indicat ...

for persons mentioned therein. The intention is to list all places named (usually by Mormons) for specifically Mormon places and people, where those names are not otherwise generally known as Biblical (meaning from the Old and New Testaments) to non-Mormons.So this will include places named after

Lehi (Book of Mormon prophet) According to the Book of Mormon, Lehi ( ) was a prophet who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of king Zedekiah (approximately 600 BC). Lehi was an Israelite of the Tribe of Joseph, and father to Nephi, another prominent prophet in the Book of ...

, but should not include places, if there are any, named after

Lehi (Bible) Sammson at Lehi(Engraving by B. Audran after F. Verdier, 1698.) Samson defeating a Philistine, Trent Park, Enfield Lehi (), also known as Ramath Lehi (),Judges 15:17. is a place mentioned in the Bible. History The Book of Judges relates that Lehi ...

, a somewhat obscure place in the

Book of Judges The Book of Judges (, ') is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom i ...

in the Old Testament. This does not include places generally known to be Biblical/Christian, such as most listed as biblical place names in North America. For example Goshen, is notably the name of a bible place, and was used as name for

Goshen, Utah Goshen is a town in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 921 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement at Goshen was made in 1857 by a colony of Mormon pi ...

Utah County Utah County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, which is the state's third-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As of the 2020 United States Census, the ...

, by the first LDS bishop of that area, Phineas Cook, but he named it after his birthplace,

Goshen, Connecticut Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census. Geography Goshen is in central Litchfield County and is bordered to the east by the city of Torrington. According to the United State ...

, according to Davidson. Which is named after

Land of Goshen The land of Goshen ( he, אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן, Modern: ''ʾEreẓ Gōšen'', Tiberian: ''ʾEreṣ Gōšen'') is named in the Hebrew Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph (Book of Genesis, ), and the la ...

in Egypt, mentioned in the Old Testament, so Goshen, Utah is only indirectly named for a biblical place, and the biblical place is not specifically Mormon, so it is doubly not the type of place covered in this list. According to John W. Van Cott in his 1990 work ''Utah Place Names'', the Mormons named more places in Utah than any other group or individual in the state. (sourced mainly to ''Utah Place Names'', by John W. Van Cott, 1990 edition)

Salt Lake City Tribune ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The ''Tribune'' is owned by The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc., a non-profit corporation. The newspaper's motto is "Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871." History A ...

author Davidson noted, in 2018, that "Utah cities and towns were named for at least five church presidents, 10 apostles, 11

stake presidents A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in certain denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. The name "stake" derives from the Book of Isaiah: "enlarge the place of thy tent; stretch forth the curtains of thine h ...

, nine

bishops A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, two biblical figures and three Book of Mormon prophets, among other things." Similar general works for other regions, such as ''Idaho Place Names'', identify numerous other Mormon place names.

Place names

The intention is to list all modern usages of place names that are clearly Mormon, to exclusion of other Christian place names. Those starred are from the Book of Mormon, or modern revelation.

Adam-ondi-Ahman*

* Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri, in

Daviess County, Missouri Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,430. Its county seat is Gallatin. The county was organized December 29, 1836, from Ray County and named for Major Joseph Hamilton ...

, was named by

Joseph Smith Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was 24, Smith published the Book of Mormon. By the time of his death, 14 years later, he ...

, who asserted it was where

Adam Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

, of

Adam and Eve Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. ...

had set up an altar, after Adam and Eve had been expelled from the

Garden of Eden In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden ( he, גַּן־עֵדֶן, ) or Garden of God (, and גַן־אֱלֹהִים ''gan-Elohim''), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the Bible, biblical paradise described in Book of Genesis, Genes ...

. Settlement there was challenged, and Joseph Smith and followers moved on to Far West.

Ammon*

Ammon, Idaho Ammon, the city "Where Tomorrow Begins," is a suburb city located directly between the Ammon foothills on the east and the city of Idaho Falls on the west, in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the population of Amm ...

, originally South Iona, the area was made a ward in the church in 1889 with Arthur M. Rawson as

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, who renamed the town in honor of

Ammon Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''ʻAmān''; he, עַמּוֹן ''ʻAmmōn''; ar, عمّون, ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking nation occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Arnon and Jabbok, in p ...

, a figure in the LDS book of scripture, the

Ballard

Ballard, Utah Ballard ( ) is a city in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 801 at the 2010 census, an increase from the 2000 population of 566. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 14.0 s ...

in Uintah County, is named after LDS apostle

Melvin J. Ballard Melvin Joseph Ballard (February 9, 1873 – July 30, 1939) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His grandson, M. Russell Ballard, also became an apostle. Birth a ...

Bountiful

Bountiful, Utah Bountiful is Davis city. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 42,552, a three percent increase over the 2000 figure of 41,301. The city grew rapidly during the suburb growth of the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s and was Davis County's l ...

, named after

Bountiful (Book of Mormon) Bountiful may refer to: Places * Bountiful (Book of Mormon) refers to two historical places: **Bountiful (Old World), location in Arabia **Bountiful (New World), a city in the Americas * Bountiful, British Columbia, Canada * Bountiful, Colorado, Un ...

. It was the second city established by Mormons in Utah.

Brigham

Brigham City, Utah Brigham City is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 17,899 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Box Elder County. It lies on the western slope of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range at ...

, in

Box Elder County Box Elder County is a county at the northwestern corner of Utah, United States. As of 2018, the estimated population is 54,950. Its county seat and largest city is Brigham City. The county was named for the box elder trees that abound in the co ...

, named for

Brigham Young Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second President of the Church (LDS Church), president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from 1847 until his ...

, second LDS church president. It was called Youngsville for two years before. *

Brigham City, Arizona Brigham City is a ghost town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Founded by member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near the present city of Winslow in 1876, it was one and one-half miles north of Winslow's current city c ...

, a nearby town is called

Joseph City, Arizona Joseph City (elevation 5,000 ft) is a Census Designated Place located in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It is located on Interstate 40, approximately eighty miles east of Flagstaff and about thirty-five miles west of Petrified Fore ...

Cannonville

Cannonville, Utah Cannonville is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States, along Utah Scenic Byway 12. As of the 2010 census, the population was 167, up from 148 at the 2000 census. History Cannonville was laid out in 1874. A post office called Cannonvill ...

, in Garfield County, "Named for former apostle

George Q. Cannon George Quayle Cannon (January 11, 1827 – April 12, 1901) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and served in the First Presidency under four successive pr ...

. Has also been called "Gunshot", as locals say "it’s too small for a cannon."

Cardston

Cardston Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century' ...

and

Cardston County Cardston County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston. The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the ''Municipal Dist ...

in Alberta are named for

Charles Ora Card __NOTOC__ Charles Ora Card (November 5, 1839 – September 9, 1906) was the American founder of Cardston, Alberta, the first Mormon settlement in Canada. He has been referred to as "Canada's Brigham Young". Richard E. Bennett"Canada: From Strugglin ...

, sometimes known as "Canada's Brigham Young".

Clawson

* Clawson, Utah, in

Emery County Emery County is a county in east-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 10,976. Its county seat is Castle Dale, and the largest city is Huntington. History Prehistory Occupation of the San Rafael ...

, named for apostle Rudger Clawson, who had visited to organize a ward there.

Colonia LeBaron

* Colonia LeBaron was founded by a fundamentalist sect in Chihuahua, Mexico and named after the LeBaron family.

Colonia Mormones

* Colonia Mormones in Sonora, Mexico.

Cumorah*

Cumorah Cumorah (; also known as Mormon Hill,A. P. Kesler"Mormon Hill" ''Young Woman's Journal'', 9:73 (February 1898)."Thomas Cook History, 1930", in Dan Vogel ed. (2000). ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 3 (Salt Lake City: Signature Books ) pp. 243– ...

, also known as Mormon Hill,A. P. Kesler
"Mormon Hill"
''

Young Woman's Journal ''The Young Woman's Journal'' was an official publication of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA), then the LDS Church's organization for adolescent females. Hi ...

'', 9:73 (February 1898)."Thomas Cook History, 1930", in

Dan Vogel Daniel Arlon Vogel (born 1955) is an independent researcher, writer, and author on a number of works that include '' Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet'' and is most known for his work on early Mormon documents. Joseph Smith biography Vogel ...

ed. (2000). ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 3 (Salt Lake City: Signature Books ) pp. 243–50.

Andrew Jenson Andrew Jenson, born Anders Jensen, (December 11, 1850 – November 18, 1941) was a Danish immigrant to the United States who acted as an Assistant Church Historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for much of the ea ...

, ''Conference Report'' (April 1917) p. 99. Gold Bible Hill,"A Looked-for Exposure: Secrets of the Original Mormon Bible"
''

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'', 1888-02-26.Bruce E. Dana (2003). ''Glad Tidings Near Cumorah'' (CFI, ) pp. 58–60. and Inspiration Point, is a

drumlin A drumlin, from the Irish word ''droimnín'' ("littlest ridge"), first recorded in 1833, in the classical sense is an elongated hill in the shape of an inverted spoon or half-buried egg formed by glacial ice acting on underlying unconsolidated ...

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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, where

said he found a set of

golden plates According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) are the source from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the faith. Some acco ...

which he translated into English and published as the

. Cumorah is a name found in the Book of Mormon, and given to the site by early Latter-day Saints. The

Sacred Grove Sacred groves or sacred woods are groves of trees and have special religious importance within a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. They were important features of the mythological landscape and ...

is nearby.

Cutler's Park

Cutler's Park Cutler's Park was briefly the headquarters camp of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) established by 2,500 members as they were making their way westward to the Rocky Mountains. It was apparently created in August 1846 and ...

, in what is now Nebraska, was named in honor of

Alpheus Cutler John Alpheus Cutler (February 29, 1784 – June 10, 1864) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement who founded the Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) in 1853. He had previously served in several church positions under Joseph Smith, fou ...

, who founded the site. Cutler was an early leader in the

Latter Day Saint movement The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Jo ...

, who was later known for being one of the master builders of the

Nauvoo Temple The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.''Manuscript History of the Church'', LDS Church Archives, book A-1, p. 37; reproduced in Dean C. Jessee (comp.) (1989). ''The Papers of Jose ...

and for establishing his own branch of

Mormonism Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, Mormonism has been applied to various aspects of t ...

known as the

Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) The Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) is a denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement headquartered in Independence, Missouri, United States. The church derives its epithet from its founder, Alpheus Cutler, a member of the Nauvoo High Coun ...

Deseret*

State of Deseret The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation , contemporaneously ) was a proposed state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Salt Lake City. The provisional stat ...

, provisional U.S. state which existed for two years *

Deseret, Utah Deseret () is a census-designated place in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. Deseret is located approximately southwest of Delta, and about southwest of Salt Lake City. The name ''Deseret'' comes ...

, in

Millard County Millard County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 12,503. Its county seat is Fillmore, and the largest city is Delta. History The Utah Territory legislature created the county o ...

* Deseret, California

Deseret (Book of Mormon) Deseret (; Deseret: 𐐔𐐯𐑅𐐨𐑉𐐯𐐻) is a term derived from the Book of Mormon, a scripture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other Latter Day Saint groups. According to the Book of Mormon, "deseret" ...

is the word for "honeybees" in land of the Jaredites, in the

. "Brigham Young wanted pioneers to be as industrious as honeybees and used the name in many places and ways. When Latter-day Saints first sought statehood, they applied using the name 'State of Deseret.'"

Draper

Draper, Utah Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990. Draper is part of two metropolitan areas; ...

, in

Salt Lake County Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. The coun ...

, honors William Draper, the first LDS bishop of the city.

Enoch*

Enoch, Utah Enoch is a mostly rural and agricultural city in Iron County, Utah, United States, and is located approximately northeast of Cedar City in the northeast part of Cedar Valley. The population was 5,803 at the 2010 census, up from 3,467 at the ...

after the Order of Enoch. *

Enoch, Texas Enoch is an unincorporated community in Upshur County, Texas, United States. History Enoch was established by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Samuel O. Bennion's organization of the Enoch Branch in 1911. The fi ...

, founded by LDS and named after the Order of Enoch. Samuel O. Bennion's organization of the Enoch Branch in 1911.Enoch History
/ref> The first Latter-day Saint settlers had arrived in 1906. In 1908 a Sunday School was organized at Enoch. In 1910 a building was built for the Sunday School. In 1930 it was only one of eight communities in Texas where the church owned a chapel.

Ephraim*

Ephraim, Utah Ephraim is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 5,611 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, making it the largest city in Sanpete County. It is the location of Snow College and is located ...

- the special significance here is that the Tribe of Ephraim is said to restore the gospel to the earth and many modern Mormons are said to belong to it.

Far West

Far West, Missouri Far West was a settlement of the Latter Day Saint movement in Caldwell County, Missouri, United States, during the late 1830s. It is recognized as a historic site by the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, added to the register in 1970. It ...

, in

Caldwell County, Missouri Caldwell County is a County (United States), county located in Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the county's population was 9,424. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is King ...

, was a Mormon settlement, which grew as Mormons were expelled from the Adam-ondi-Ahman, Missouri area. Settlement there, too, was challenged, and many Mormons moved on to

Nauvoo, Illinois Nauvoo ( ; from the ) is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa. The population of Nauvoo was 950 at the 2020 census. Nauvoo attracts visitors for its historic importance and its ...

Farr West

Farr West, Utah Farr West is a city on the northern edge of Weber County, Utah, Weber County, Utah. The population was 5,928 at the time of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area. The mayor as of 2022 i ...

, in Weber County, is named for

Lorin Farr Lorin Farr (July 27, 1820 – January 12, 1909) was a Mormon pioneer and the first mayor of Ogden, Utah. Farr was born in Waterford, Vermont. He was a son oWinslow Farrand the brother oWinslow Farr, Jr. who later became the first Latter Day ...

, first president of the LDS Weber Stake. It is also named for bishop Chauncey W. West, and is a nod to

, an important previous Mormon community.

Fayette

Fayette, Utah Fayette is a town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 204 at the 2000 census. History Fayette was originally called "Warm Creek", and under the latter name was founded in 1861. A post office called Fayette was in operatio ...

, in Sanpete County, is named for

Fayette, New York Fayette is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Seneca County, New York, Seneca County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 3,617 at the 2020 census. The town is in the north-central part of the county and ...

. In 1830 the LDS Church was organized there.

Fielding

Fielding, Utah Fielding is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 455 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Fielding has been in operation since 1892. The town was named after Joseph Fielding Smith, Sr. (1838–1918), s ...

, in

. It was named to honor

Mary Fielding Smith Mary Fielding Smith Kimball (July 21, 1801 – September 21, 1852) was an early member of the Latter Day Saint movement, the second wife of Latter Day Saint leader Hyrum Smith, and the mother of Joseph F. Smith, who became president of the Churc ...

, mother of the sixth president of the LDS church,

Joseph Fielding Smith Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972. He was t ...

. "It was named in part to honor the church president, too." Van Cott says it was named for the mother.)

Francis

Francis, Utah Francis is a town in on the western edge of Summit County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,077 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census ...

, in Summit County, named for apostle

Francis M. Lyman Francis Marion Lyman (January 12, 1840 – November 18, 1916) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the President of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1903 until his ...

, as is Lyman.

Grantsville

Grantsville, Utah Grantsville is the second most populous city in Tooele County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,617 at the 2020 census. The city has grown slowly and steadily throug ...

Tooele County, Utah Tooele County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 58,218. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele, Utah, Tooele. The county was created in 1850 and organi ...

, a city named for

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, who served as a colonel in the

Nauvoo Legion The Nauvoo Legion was a state-authorized militia of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, United States. With growing antagonism from surrounding settlements it came to have as its main function the defense of Nauvoo, and surrounding Latter Day Saint ...

Georgetown

Georgetown, Idaho Georgetown is a city in the Bear River Valley in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, at the center of a farming area between the river and the mountains to the east. It was settled by Mormon pioneers on the route of the Oregon Trail and was ...

, renamed from "Twin Creeks" by

for his friend

in 1873, after the two had visited the colony together. (Credit partly to ''Idaho Place Names: A Geographic Dictionary'', by Lalia Boone)

Hamblin

Hamblin, Utah Hamblin, now a ghost town, was a Mormon pioneer town along the Mormon Road, from 1856 to 1905. It was located at an elevation of 5,832 feet in Mountain Meadow in western Washington County, Utah, United States. History Jacob Hamblin started a ra ...

named for

Jacob Hamblin Jacob Hamblin (April 2, 1819 – August 31, 1886) was a Western pioneer, a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and a diplomat to various Native American tribes of the Southwest and Great Basin. He a ...

Harmony

* New Harmony, Utah, in Washington County, is named for

Harmony, Pennsylvania Harmony is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 890 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately north of Pittsburgh. Geography Harmony is located in southwestern Butler County, along the northeastern ...

, where Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, "and to signify harmony among early settlers."

Hawkins

Hawkins, Idaho Hawkins is an unincorporated community in Bannock County, in the U.S. state of Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States ...

, possibly named after Sister Hawkins, LDS missionary

Heber City

Heber City, Utah Heber City is a city and county seat of Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County, Utah, United States. The population was 11,362 at the time of the 2010 census. It is located 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. History Heber City was first sett ...

, named for apostle

Heber C. Kimball Heber Chase Kimball (June 14, 1801 – June 22, 1868) was a leader in the early Latter Day Saint movement. He served as one of the original twelve apostles in the early Church of the Latter Day Saints, and as first counselor to Brigham Young ...

. Heber "had baptized many of the city’s early residents as a missionary in England before they immigrated."

Henrieville

Henrieville, Utah Henrieville is a town in Garfield County, Utah, United States, along Utah Scenic Byway 12. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 230, up from 159 at the 2000 census. The community was named after James Henrie, a Mormon leader. Geo ...

, in Garfield County, named for James Henrie, the first LDS stake president in its area.

Hinckley

* Hinckley, Utah, in

, named for Ira Hinckley, a stake president in its area, and grandfather of future church president

Gordon B. Hinckley Gordon Bitner Hinckley (June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008) was an American religious leader and author who served as the 15th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from March 1995 until his death in January 200 ...

)."

Hooper

Hooper, Utah Hooper is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, first called Muskrat Springs and later Hooperville for Captain William Henry Hooper, an early Utah delegate to Congress. The population was 9,087 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 figu ...

, named for

William Henry Hooper William Henry Hooper (December 25, 1813 – December 30, 1882) was a U.S. Congressional delegate from the Territory of Utah, United States. Born in Cambridge, Maryland, Hooper attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and ...

, a member of the

Council of Fifty "The Council of Fifty" (also known as "the Living Constitution", "the Kingdom of God", or its name by revelation, "The Kingdom of God and His Laws with the Keys and Power thereof, and Judgment in the Hands of His Servants, Ahman Christ") was a La ...

and an early Utah delegate to Congress.

Hyde Park

Hyde Park, Utah Hyde Park is a city in north-central Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,833 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 4,700 in 2018. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. History ...

, in Cache County, is assertedly named for William Hyde, the first LDS bishop in its area It may also partly be named for London's Hyde Park.

Hyrum

Hyrum, Utah Hyrum is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,609 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 8,403 in 2018. It is included in the Logan, Utah–Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Hyrum ...

, in Cache County was named for

Hyrum Smith Hyrum Smith (February 9, 1800 – June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the older brother of the movement's founder, J ...

, Joseph Smith's brother. A twin settlement was intended to be founded nearby and named Joseph, but it never happened.

Iona

Iona, Idaho Iona is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Idaho Falls, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,803 at the 2010 census. History Iona was homesteaded by Mormon pioneers in 1883. Sagebrush, as ...

"Iona: According to the town’s own history book, Iona was named by LDS Church President John Taylor. He visited early settlers in the area, then known as Sand Creek, and apparently suggested the name “Iona”, claiming it was the name of a small town in Israel that meant “beautiful”." It is also the name of an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in Scotland.

Iosepa

Iosepa, Utah Iosepa ( or , with the ''I'' like an English ''Y'') is a ghost town in the Skull Valley, located approximately southwest of Salt Lake City in Tooele County, Utah, United States. Once home to over 200 Polynesian members of the Church of Jesus Chr ...

, uses the Hawaiian word for "Joseph", and is named for missionary Joseph F. Smith who recruited

Polynesians Polynesians form an ethnolinguistic group of closely related people who are native to Polynesia (islands in the Polynesian Triangle), an expansive region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They trace their early prehistoric origins to Island Sou ...

to settle in Skull Valley. Settlers included

Samoans Samoans or Samoan people ( sm, tagata Sāmoa) are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between th ...

and

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

as well as

Native Hawaiians Native Hawaiians (also known as Indigenous Hawaiians, Kānaka Maoli, Aboriginal Hawaiians, First Hawaiians, or simply Hawaiians) ( haw, kānaka, , , and ), are the indigenous ethnic group of Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii ...

. It was tough going. Later when Smith was LDS church president, returns to Hawaii were funded, and the town became a ghost town.

Ivins

Ivins, Utah Ivins ( ) is a city in southwestern Washington County, Utah, United States. It is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area as a suburb or "bedroom" community. The population was 8,978 at the 2020 census, up from 6,753 at the 2010 census.h ...

, in Washington County, is named for apostle

Anthony W. Ivins Anthony Woodward Ivins (September 16, 1852 – September 23, 1934) was an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and was a member of the church's First Presidency from 1921 until his death. Early life and fa ...

Jacob Lake

Jacob Lake, Arizona Jacob Lake is a small unincorporated community on the Kaibab Plateau in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, at the junction of U.S. Route 89A and State Route 67. Named after the Mormon explorer Jacob Hamblin, the town is known as the "G ...

, named for

Joseph

Joseph, Utah Joseph is a town in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The population was 269 at the 2000 census. The town was named for Joseph Angell Young, an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Joseph was settled in 1871.Andrew Jens ...

, in Sevier County "Honors not Joseph Smith but rather Joseph A. Young, the first president of the LDS Sevier Stake." *

, a nearby town is called

, named after the first two church presidents.

Kaysville

Kaysville, Utah Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area. The population was 27,300 at the time of the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 32,390 in 2019. History Shortly after Latter Day Saint ...

, honors William Kay, the first LDS bishop in its area. Early settlers, including Kay, wanted to name it "Freedom". "But Brigham Young asked, 'When did Bishop Kay’s ward get its freedom?' Young pushed the name Kaysville instead." also

Kimball

Kimball, Alberta Kimball is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County. It is located on Highway 501, approximately southeast of Cardston between the St. Mary River and the Milk River Ridge. The community is named after the Mormon ward which w ...

named after the ward which was named after the descendants of

Kingston

Kingston, Utah Kingston is a town in Piute County, Utah, United States. The population was 135 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.8 km2), all land. Climate Th ...

, in

Piute County Piute County ( ) is a county in south-central Utah, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 1,556, making it the second-least populous county in Utah. The county seat is Junction, and the largest town is Circlevil ...

, is named for

Thomas Rice King Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

, who was a Latter-day Saint bishop who moved from Fillmore to Piute County with his five sons and their families to establish a United Order.

Kirtland

Kirtland, New Mexico Kirtland is a town, made up of part of the former census-designated place (CDP) of the same name in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population of the former CDP was 6,190 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metropo ...

is named for

Kirtland, Ohio Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,937 at the 2020 census. Kirtland is known for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1831 to 1837 and is the site of the movement's first t ...

, where the LDS built one of their first temples and were expelled from.

Kolob*

Kolob Canyons Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety ...

, named for

Kolob Kolob is a star or planet described in the Book of Abraham, a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement. Several Latter Day Saint denominations hold the Book of Abraham to have been translated from an Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Joseph Smith Pap ...

, "a major star in Mormon cosmology, the center of the Universe" Kolob is mentioned in

Book of Abraham The Book of Abraham is a collection of writings claimed to be from several Egyptian scrolls discovered in the early 19th century during an archeological expedition by Antonio Lebolo. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pu ...

, written by Joseph Smith, part of the Pearl of Great Price.

Lamoni*

Lamoni, Iowa Lamoni is a city in Decatur County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,969 at the time of the 2020 Census. Lamoni is the home of Graceland University, affiliated with the Community of Christ, and the city was the church's headquarters fro ...

named after

Lamoni In the Book of Mormon, Lamoni (; believed to mean "Lamanite" or "of Laman") is a Lamanite king. The missionary Ammon converts him back to the Law of Moses. After this, Lamoni becomes righteous again. Lamoni was a lesser king of part of the gr ...

, a king mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Formerly headquarters of the

Community of Christ The Community of Christ, known from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), is an American-based international church, and is the second-largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. The churc ...

(RLDS)

Layton

Layton, Utah Layton is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 81,773, with 2022 estimates showing a slight increase to 84,665. Layton ...

, named for early bishop

Christopher Layton Christopher Layton (March 8, 1821 – August 7, 1898) was a Mormon colonizer and Patriarch who founded the cities of Kaysville, Utah; Layton, Utah; and Thatcher, Arizona. Layton, Utah, is named after him. Life Layton was born at Thorncote Gree ...

Leavitt

Leavitt, Alberta Leavitt is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cardston County, located about west of Cardston on Highway 5. It falls within the Canadian federal electoral district of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner. History The first settler of t ...

, adjacent to

, was founded by Thomas Rowell Leavitt, another Mormon fleeing the U.S. federal crackdown on polygamy.

Lehi*

*Several places are named after Lehi from the

, as opposed to

a place in the Old Testament. Book of Mormon Lehi's include two prophets:

, 7th–6th cen. BC or

Lehi, son of Helaman According to the Book of Mormon, Lehi was a son of Helaman and was a Nephite missionary. He and his elder brother Nephi lived in the 1st century BC and had many missionary experiences together. The main events of their missions are recorded in th ...

, late 1st cen. BC; and two other persons: Lehi, Nephite military commander, or Lehi, son of Zoram. **

Lehi, Arizona __NOTOC__ Lehi is a community within Mesa, Arizona. Lehi existed prior to the founding of Mesa, and was annexed by its much larger former neighbor in 1970. It is now the northern limit of central Mesa. Lehi is adjacent to the Salt River on the n ...

, a Mormon agricultural community and neighborhood now part of

Mesa, Arizona Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the most populous city in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by ...

Lehi, Utah Lehi ( ) is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is named after Lehi, a prophet in the Book of Mormon. The population was 75,907 at the 2020 census, up from 47,407 in 2010. The rapid growth in Lehi is due, in part, to the rapid develo ...

, "Named for a Book of Mormon prophet. It was chosen because its early pioneers had moved often, much like the scriptural prophet Lehi, who traveled from Jerusalem to the Americas."

Lewiston

Lewiston, Utah Lewiston is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. It is situated at the northern Utah border and borders the state of Idaho. The population was 1,766 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Stat ...

in Cache County "Honors an early Latter-day Saint bishop,

William H. Lewis William Henry Lewis (November 28, 1868 – January 1, 1949) was an African-American pioneer in athletics, law and politics. Born in Virginia to freedmen, he graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he had been one of the first Africa ...

, renamed after earlier being called Poverty Flat."

Lund

Lund, Nevada Lund is a small town and census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. The population of Lund as of 2020 was 211. Etymology Lund was named for Anthon H. Lund, a Mormon church official. History Lund was settled in 1898 on ...

named for

Anthon H. Lund Anthon Henrik Lund (15 May 1844 – 2 March 1921) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a prominent Utah leader. Early life Lund was born i ...

of the Quorum of the Twelve.

Lyman

Lyman, Utah Lyman is a town along State Route 24 in Wayne County, Utah, United States. The population was 258 at the 2010 census. Lyman was originally known as East Loa. It became a distinct place from Loa in 1893. Geography According to the United Stat ...

, in Wayne County, named for apostle

, as was Francis.

Maeser

Maeser, Utah Maeser ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,855 at the 2000 census, a small increase over the 1990 figure of 2,598. The village is named after Karl Maeser, an educator. History ...

, in Uintah County, named for Karl G. Maeser, early president of

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

and head of the LDS church's Sunday school. "He visited the area, and residents liked him so much they named the town in his honor."

Manti*

Manti is the name of a city in the Book of Mormon and also of Manti, a soldier *

Manti, Utah Manti ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah, Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2010 United States Census. Description Manti was the first community in Utah to be settled outside the Wasat ...

, as a new community, was named by

after the city mentioned in the Book of Mormon. "Honors a city mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Originally, Danish settlers there had named it

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

." *

Manti National Forest Manti National Forest was established as the Manti Forest Reserve by the General Land Office in Colorado and Utah on May 29, 1903 with . After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on Marc ...

, in Utah and Colorado * Manti, Iowa, was a Mormon settlement which failed, many of whose settlers moved to

Shenandoah, Iowa Shenandoah is a city in Page and Fremont counties in Iowa, United States. The population was 4,925 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Once referred to as the "seed and nursery center of the world," Shenandoah is the home to Earl May Seed Compa ...

, instead. * Manti Crater on Mars, named for the community in Utah.

Martin's Cove

Martin's Cove Martin's Cove is a historic site in Wyoming. The 933 acre (3.8 km²) cove is located 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Casper, Wyoming, in Natrona County. It is located on the Mormon Trail and is also part of the North Platte- Sweetwater ...

, in what is now Wyoming, is named for the Martin Handcart Company. In November 1856, about 500

Mormon Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...

emigrants in the Martin Handcart Company were halted for five days in the Cove by snow and cold while on their way to

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

. The Martin Handcart company had begun its journey on July 28, 1856, which was dangerously late in the season and would ultimately lead to the disaster. Although the number who died in the Cove is unknown, more than 145 members of the Martin Company died before reaching Salt Lake City.

Milo

* Milo, Idaho "Milo: First, there was a small settlement named Leorin, as well as a Leorin School. An LDS ward was organized there in 1900 and called the Milo Ward after Milo Andrus, an LDS pioneer who led a company across the plains to the Intermountain West. It’s probable that the Milo name then just became a common way for Mormons to refer to the area, so it stuck."

Morgan

Morgan County, Utah Morgan County is a county in northern Utah, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,469. Its county seat and largest city is Morgan. Morgan County is part of the Ogden- Clearfield, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area as well ...

, named for apostle Jedidiah Morgan Grant, advisor to

and father of church president

Heber J. Grant Heber Jeddy Grant (November 22, 1856 – May 14, 1945) was an American religious leader who served as the seventh president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Grant worked as a bookkeeper and a cashier, then wa ...

Mormon*

is a prophet who gave his name to the

, which in turn produced the nickname of Latter-day Saints. *

Mormon, California The Valley Division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ran from San Francisco to Barstow, California, Barstow in California. It is now part of the BNSF Railway's Stockton Subdivision and Bakersfield Subdivision.Mormon Bar, California Mormon Bar is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, Mariposa County, California. It is located south-southeast of Mariposa, California, Mariposa, at an elevation of 1772 feet (540 m). Mormon Bar is loc ...

* Mormon Bridge, crossing the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa, officially named the Mormon Pioneer Bridge * Mormon Flat, in Arizona northeast of Phoenix, and the associated

Mormon Flat Dam The Mormon Flat Dam is a dam on the Salt River located Northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 380 feet long, 224 feet high and was built between 1923–25. It is named after nearby Mormon Flat, a place where Latter-day Saints (Mormon) settl ...

* Mormon Grove near Zodiac, Texas * Mormon Gulch, now known as

Tuttletown, California Tuttletown (formerly, Mormon Gulch and Tuttleville) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tuolumne County, California, Tuolumne County, California. It is located on California State Route 49, State Route 49 near the California Gold Rush, gold rush ...

Mormon Island, California Mormon Island was once a mining town, which had an abundance of Mormon immigrants seeking gold in the American River during the California Gold Rush. Its site is in present-day Sacramento County, California. History Early in March 1848, W. Si ...

* Mormon Island (Colorado River) * Mormon Island State Recreation Area,

Hall County, Nebraska Hall County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 58,607, making it Nebraska's fourth-most populous county. Its county seat is Grand Island. The county was formed in 1858; it was name ...

Mormon Lake Mormon Lake is a shallow, intermittent lake located in northern Arizona in Pleasant Valley. With an average depth of only , the surface area of the lake is extremely volatile and fluctuates seasonally. When full, the lake has a surface area of ...

, Arizona, an intermittent lake named after pioneers. Gives its name to the settlement of

Mormon Lake, Arizona Mormon Lake is a populated place situated in Coconino County, Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 sta ...

. *

Mormon Mill, Burnet County, Texas Mormon Mill is a vanished Mormon colony established in 1851 on Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The site is located on Mormon Mills Road north of Marble Falls and south of Burnet. Mormon Mill has also been known as ...

Mormon Mountains The Mormon Mountains are located in Lincoln and Clark counties in Nevada, between 16 and northwest of Mesquite on I–15 in the Virgin Valley, east of the Meadow Valley Mountains and Meadow Valley and northeast of Moapa Valley.''Overton, Nevada ...

, Nevada, including Mormon Peak (Nevada) and the

East Mormon Mountains The East Mormon Mountains is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada. As their name implies, they are east of the Mormon Mountains The Mormon Mountains are located in Lincoln and Clark counties in Nevada, between 16 and northwest of Mesquite ...

Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area The Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area (MPNHA) is a federally designated National Heritage Area that recognizes and commemorates the efforts of Mormon pioneers who made the Mormon Trail, trek westward, settling Utah and the American West. Spann ...

, stretching through six counties of Utah (Garfield, Kane, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne counties) * Mormon Reservoir (Idaho) *

Mormon Road Mormon Road, also known to the 49ers as the Southern Route, of the California Trail in the Western United States, was a seasonal wagon road pioneered by a Mormon party from Salt Lake City, Utah led by Jefferson Hunt, that followed the route of S ...

, trail to California pioneered in 1847, through Utah, Arizona, Nevada and through the

Mojave Desert The Mojave Desert ( ; mov, Hayikwiir Mat'aar; es, Desierto de Mojave) is a desert in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Southwestern United States. It is named for the indigenous Mojave people. It is located primarily in ...

of California to Los Angeles *

Mormon Row Mormon Row is a historic district in Teton County, Wyoming, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Description The district consists of a line of homestead complexes along the Jackson-Moran Road near the ...

, in Jackson Hole valley, Wyoming * Mormon Springs, Mississippi * Mormon Station, now known as

Genoa, Nevada Genoa is an Unincorporated towns in Nevada, unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada, Douglas County, Nevada, United States. Founded in 1851, it was the first settlement in what became the Nevada Territory. It is situated within Carson River ...

* Mormon Tavern, California * Mormon volcanic field, south of Flagstaff, Arizona *

Mormon Well Spring Mormon Well Spring is located in the Desert National Wildlife Range and was used from around 1900–1924 for ranching. It is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Nearby is Corn Creek Campsite, another listed historic p ...

, Nevada

Moroni*

Moroni, Utah Moroni ( ) is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,423 at the 2010 census. Name The city is named after Moroni, a prophet in the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). History Moro ...

, in Sanpete County, named for Moroni, last prophet in

, "the same man who Joseph Smith said appeared to him as an angel (and is featured in statue form atop many Latter-day Saint temples)."

Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah, Iowa Mount Pisgah was a semi-permanent settlement or way station from 1846 to 1852 along the Mormon Trail between Garden Grove and Council Bluffs, in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is located near the small community of Thayer in Jones Township, Unio ...

, was named by LDS

apostle An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

Parley P. Pratt Parley Parker Pratt Sr. (April 12, 1807 – May 13, 1857) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement whose writings became a significant early nineteenth-century exposition of the Latter Day Saint faith. Named in 1835 as one of the first ...

, who, when he first saw the modest hill, was reminded of the biblical Pisgah (Deuteronomy 3:27) where

Moses Moses hbo, מֹשֶׁה, Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, ); syr, ܡܘܫܐ, Mūše; ar, موسى, Mūsā; grc, Mωϋσῆς, Mōÿsēs () is considered the most important pro ...

viewed the Promised Land.

Nauvoo*

The original Nauvoo is in Illinois, named by

and was founded by church members. The name is derived from the traditional

Hebrew language Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

with an

anglicized Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

spelling. The word comes from

Isaiah Isaiah ( or ; he, , ''Yəšaʿyāhū'', "God is Salvation"), also known as Isaias, was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named. Within the text of the Book of Isaiah, Isaiah himself is referred to as "the ...

52:7, “How beautiful upon the mountains...” (; etymology: ) *

Nauvoo, Alabama Nauvoo is a town on the northwestern edge of Walker County, Alabama, United States, that extends slightly north into southwestern Winston. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town is 221, down from 284 in 2000. Camp McDowell, the offici ...

, Tom Carroll renamed Ingle Mills for

. *

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

Nauvoo, York County, Pennsylvania Nauvoo (also Navoo) is an unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, an ...

Nauvoo, Tennessee Nauvoo is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee i ...

Nephi*

Nephi is the name of two Book of Mormon prophets *

Nephi, Utah Nephi ( ) is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 6,443 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851 as Salt Cre ...

, named after

Nephi, son of Lehi Nephi ( ) is one of the central figures described in the Book of Mormon. In Mormonism, he is described as the son of Lehi, a prophet, founder of the Nephite people, and author of the first two books of the Book of Mormon, First and Second Nephi ...

, from the Book of Mormon. It was previously called "Little Chicago."

Nibley

Nibley, Utah Nibley is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. Incorporated in 1935, it was named after Charles W. Nibley, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The population was 5,438 at the 2010 census. It is included in the ...

, in Cache County, honors

Charles W. Nibley Charles Wilson Nibley (February 5, 1849 – December 11, 1931) was the fifth presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) between 1907 and 1925 and a member of the church's First Presidency from 1925 until his ...

, a past presiding bishop of the LDS Church.

Orderville

Orderville, Utah Orderville is a town in western Kane County, Utah, United States. The population was 577 at the 2010 census. The town was founded and operated under the United Order of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This system allowed the com ...

, in Kane County, named for the

United Order In the Latter Day Saint movement, the United Order (also called the United Order of Enoch) was one of several 19th-century church collectivist programs. Early versions of the Order beginning in 1831 attempted to fully implement the law of consecr ...

, a collectivist movement practiced there by Mormons

Parley

Parley's Canyon Parleys Canyon is a canyon located in the U.S. state of Utah. The canyon provides the route of Interstate 80 (I-80) (and previously the Lincoln Highway, U.S. Route 40, and a railroad) up the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains and is a relati ...

and Parley's Summit, named after early apostle

Perry

Perry, Utah Perry is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 4,512 at the 2010 census. History Land in the area now known as Perry was first claimed in 1851 by Orrin Porter Rockwell and his brother Merritt, at a place now ca ...

, in

, is named for Lorenzo Perry, Perry's first LDS bishop. It was previously named Porter's Spring, after controversial Mormon gunfighter

Orrin Porter Rockwell Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory, he was nicknamed ''Old Port'' and ''The Destroying Angel of Mormondom''. Rockwell se ...

Preston

Preston, Idaho Preston is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 5,204 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Franklin County. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Bear Ri ...

"Preston: The settlement was originally called Worm Creek, but renamed in honor of William B. Preston, a prominent LDS Church authority who was an early settler of Cache Valley."

Ramah*

Ramah, New Mexico Ramah ( nv, – place of wild onions) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico. The population was 407 at the time of 2000 census and 370 at the 2010 United States Census. Geography Ramah is located at (35.135013, -1 ...

named after

also known as Ramah in the Book of Mormon.

Randolph

* Randolph, Utah, in

Rich County, Utah Rich County is a county in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 2,264, making it the third-least populous county in Utah. Its county seat is Randolph, and the largest town is Garden City. The county ...

, named for early LDS bishop Randolph Stewart

Raymond

Raymond, Alberta Raymond is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5. It is south of Lethbridge at the junction of Highway 52 and Highway 845. Raymond is known for its annual rodeo during the first week of July and the ...

, for

Ray Knight Charles Ray Knight (born December 28, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball infielder best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets. Originally drafted by the Reds in the tenth round of the 1970 Major Leag ...

named in his honour by his father.

Rich

, named for early apostle Charles C. Rich.

Rigby

Rigby, Idaho Rigby is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Idaho, United States. The population was 3,945 at the 2010 census, up from 2,998 in 2000.

"Rigby: Your town was named by LDS Church President John Taylor after

William F. Rigby William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norm ...

, a Driggs resident who had assisted in the settlement and early organization of the LDS Church in the area."

St. George

St. George, Utah St. George is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Utah, United States. Located in southwestern Utah on the Arizona border, it is the principal city of the St. George Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The city lies in the northe ...

, named after apostle George A. Smith It was "suggested that if other churches could have saints, Mormons could, too."

St James

* St. James Township, Michigan is named for

James Strang James Jesse Strang (March 21, 1813 – July 9, 1856) was an American religious leader, politician and self-proclaimed monarch. In 1844 he claimed to have been appointed to be the successor of Joseph Smith as leader of the Church of Jesus Christ o ...

, who led a faction of

settlers to Beaver Island in 1848 in a rival faction to

. called St. James, naming it after himself. Strang led those who accepted him to

, and then

Voree, Wisconsin Voree (/vɔːriː/) is an unincorporated community in the Town of Spring Prairie in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is best known as the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite), a denomination ...

, before deciding that God wanted him to bring his flock to Beaver Island. James J. Strang appointed by Joseph Smith Jr. presided over the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints—usually distinguished with a parenthetical (Strangite)—is one of the several organizations that claim to be the legitimate continuation of the church founded by Joseph Smith on April 6, 1830. I ...

from 1844 to 1856.

Schuler

Schuler, Alberta Schuler is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Cypress County, located east of Highway 41, approximately northeast of Medicine Hat. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Schuler had a populat ...

, honors missionary sister Schuler?

Smithfield

Smithfield, Utah Smithfield is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 9,495 at the 2010 United States Census, with an estimated population of 12,025 in 2019. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Logan metropolitan area, Metropolitan Sta ...

, in Cache County, named for

John Glover Smith John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, the first LDS bishop of its area

Snowflake

Snowflake, Arizona Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake, Mormon pioneers It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. According to 2010 Census, the popula ...

is a portmanteau of the surnames of

Erastus Snow Erastus Snow (November 9, 1818 – May 27, 1888) was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1849 until his death. Snow was also a leading figure in Mormon colonizati ...

(member of the Quorum of the Twelve) and

William Jordan Flake William Jordan Flake (July 3, 1839 – August 10, 1932) was a prominent member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who helped settle parts of Arizona, and was imprisoned at the Yuma Territorial Prison for polygamy. Life and ca ...

Mormon pioneers The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter Day Saints, who migrated beginning in the mid-1840s until the late-1860s across the United States from the Midwest to the S ...

and colonizers.

Snowville

Snowville, Utah Snowville is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 167 at the 2010 census. Geography Snowville is located at an elevation of . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. ...

, in

, named for 5th church President

Lorenzo Snow Lorenzo Snow (April 3, 1814 – October 10, 1901) was an American religious leader who served as the fifth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1898 until his death. Snow was the last president of the L ...

Talmage

* Talmage, Utah, named after Mormon apostle

James E. Talmage James Edward Talmage (21 September 1862 – 27 July 1933) was an English chemist, geologist, and religious leader who served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) fro ...

Taylor

Taylorsville, Utah Taylorsville is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The population was 60,448 at the time of the 2020 census. Taylorsville was incorporated from the Taylorsville–Bennion CDP and portions of the ...

, named for LDS church president John Taylor, who was an early resident in the area. *

Taylorville, Alberta Taylorville is an unincorporated community in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 501 ten miles southeast of Cardston. The first school opened May 17, 1900 and then later served as a chapel for the Church of Jesus Chr ...

also named for the same person *

Taylor, Arizona Taylor is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded by Mormon settlers in January 1878, several months before the neighboring community of Snowflake. Taylor straddles Silver Creek, flowing from the nearby White Mountains to ...

Thompson

* Thompson-Hansen House, honors intrepid missionary Thompson

Veyo

Veyo, Utah Veyo (also Glencove) is a census-designated place in western Washington County, Utah, United States, on the edge of the Dixie National Forest. Description The town lies along State Route 18 north of the city of St. George, the county seat of W ...

, named for "Virtue", "Enterprise", "Youth", and "Order", values of its Mormon settlers.

Voree

, the headquarters of the

, a denomination of the

Latter Day Saint The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by J ...

(Mormon) movement. According to

, founder of the Strangite church in rivalry to

, and of the town, the name means "Garden of Peace".Linda S. Godfey.
Strange Wisconsin
'. p. 10. The community is situated along former

Wisconsin Highway 11 State Trunk Highway 11 (often called Highway 11, STH-11 or WIS 11) is a state highway running east–west across southern Wisconsin. The highway connects Dubuque, Iowa with the cities of Janesville, Racine and Elkhorn. Most of the route ...

just west of the

Racine County Racine County (, sometimes also ) is a county in southeastern Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 197,727, making it Wisconsin's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat is Racine. The county was founded in 1836, then a par ...

line.

Webb

Wellsville

Wellsville, Utah Wellsville is a city in Cache County, Utah, Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,432 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, with an estimated population of 3,849 in 2018. It is included in the Logan metropolitan area, L ...

, in Cache County, is named for Daniel H. Wells, a Mormon apostle and an early mayor of

Widstoe

* Widtsoe, Utah, named for early Mormon leader John A. Widtsoe

Wilford

Wilford, Arizona Wilford, Arizona is a ghost town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States, located approximately 7 miles south of Heber-Overgaard, along Black Canyon Rd. The town was settled in April 1883 by a group of Latter-day Saints from the failed Brigham ...

named for

Wilford Woodruff Wilford Woodruff Sr. (March 1, 1807September 2, 1898) was an American religious leader who served as the fourth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1889 until his death. He ended the public practice of ...

, church president.

Willard

Willard, Utah Willard is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,772 at the 2010 census. Geography Willard is located in southeastern Box Elder County and is bordered by the city of Perry to the north and the unincorporated com ...

, in

, settled in 1851 as "Willow Creek", later renamed to honor

Willard Richards Willard Richards (June 24, 1804 – March 11, 1854) was a physician and midwife/nurse trainer and an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He served as second counselor to church president Brigham Young in the First Presidency of th ...

(1804–1854). With

Winter Quarters

Winter Quarters (North Omaha, Nebraska) Winter Quarters was an encampment formed by approximately 2,500 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they waited during the winter of 1846–47 for better conditions for their trek westward. It followed a preliminary ten ...

, is named after the winter campgrounds of Mormon pioneers and now is home to

Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple The Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple is the 104th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is located in Florence, now a neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, USA, and formerly an independent city. History W ...

1911 Encyclopædia Nebraska"
Available at Google Books
.

Woodruff

Generally after

, president of the church. * Woodruff, Arizona *

Woodruff, Idaho Woodruff is an unincorporated community in Oneida County, Idaho, United States. The community is located along Interstate 15, south of Malad City. History The first settlement at Woodruff was made in 1865. A post office called Woodruff was ...

Woodruff, Utah Woodruff is a town in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 180 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement at Woodruff was made in 1870. A post office called Woodruff has been in operation since 1872. The town was named in ...

, in Rich County, named for LDS Church president

, who often came through on way to visit relatives nearby.

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