Nauvoo is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Tioga County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States.

History

Nauvoo was founded in 1844 by the

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 ...

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. In 1840, Horace Fellows began manufacturing woolen goods and cloths. He eventually sold his machinery to Nauvoo. The word ''Nauvoo'' is

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and means beautiful, a place of rest and beauty.

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.

Notable person

* Kenneth B. Lee, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives"Former Speaker Lee dies", ''WCExaminer'', Robert L. Baker, December 29, 2010

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Tioga County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{TiogaCountyPA-geo-stub