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The first LDS member in South Carolina is believed to be Emmanual Masters Murphy, who was baptized in Tennessee in 1836. When Elder Lysander M. Davis arrived in South Carolina in 1839 (nine years after the Church was organized in New York), he found the Murphys had people prepared for baptism. Seven of them were baptized. [5]
The table below lists a few significant findings, from the survey, about Mormons. Note: some less populated states were combined in this survey. These include: Montana-Wyoming, D.C.-Maryland, North & South Dakota, New Hampshire-Vermont, and Connecticut-Rhode Island.
The Mormon corridor refers to the areas of western North America that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1890 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), who are commonly called "Mormons". [30] In academic literature, the area is also commonly called the Mormon culture region. [31] [32]
The Mormon culture region generally follows the path of the Rocky Mountains of North America, with most of the population clustered in the United States.Beginning in Utah, the corridor extends northward through western Wyoming and eastern Idaho to parts of Montana and the deep south regions of the Canadian province of Alberta.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Church members consider temples to be the most sacred structures on earth.
New York New York 1974 New York New York South 1993: Apr 1850 1858 1869 1 July 2018 Canadian East Central States New England Eastern Atlantic States Cumorah New Jersey Morristown New York New York North: Society Islands 30 Apr 1844 29 Apr 1892 Tahitian 1907 French-Polynesian 1959 French-Polynesia 1970 Tahiti Papeete 1974: 15 May 1852 extant
The Harrison New York Temple, previously known as the White Plains New York Temple, was a planned LDS Church temple that was to be constructed in Harrison, New York. Construction of the temple was to take place on a 24-acre site purchased by the LDS Church at the intersection of Interstate 287 and Hutchinson River Parkway.
Hamilton, New Zealand: April 20, 1958 45,251 sq ft 4,204.0 m 2: Wellington New Zealand Temple: edit: Porirua, New Zealand: Site announced 14,900 sq ft 1,380 m 2: Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby Papua New Guinea Temple: edit: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: Under construction 9,550 sq ft 887 m 2: Samoa: Apia Samoa Temple: edit: Apia, Samoa August ...