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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, after Mormon leaders during the settlement of Utah, or after other elements of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' history.
In 1841, there were some 80 members of the Church in Virginia. [5]In 1996, a group of Mormon businessmen acquired Southern Virginia College—a two-year private women's college—and turned it into Southern Virginia University, a four-year, coeducational school with a Brigham Young University-like honor code in Buena Vista.
The newest town and newest former town are Bedford in Bedford County, which ceased to be an independent city in 2013, and St. Charles in Lee County, which disincorporated in 2022. [3] For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in Virginia. For major unincorporated population centers, see List of unincorporated communities in ...
The lost incorporated towns of Virginia were: Town of Barton Heights (incorporated 1896) in Henrico County was annexed by the City of Richmond in 1914. [3] [4] Town of Basic City (1890–1923) consolidated with town and later the independent City of Waynesboro; Town of Berkley (unknown–1906) became part of City of Norfolk by annexation in 1906
Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
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.
Bethlehem (בֵית לֶחֶם Beit Lehem, Literally: "House of the bread'") was a town in the hill country of Judah and the birthplace of Jesus (according to Mark and Luke) and David, as well as the place of death of Rachel.
Cape Town South Africa Temple: Site announced 9,500 sq ft (883 m 2) 3.79 acres (15,338 m 2) 4 April 2021 Russell M. Nelson [105] edit: 272 Singapore Temple: Site announced 18,000 sq ft (1,672 m 2) 1 acre (4,047 m 2) 4 April 2021 Russell M. Nelson [105] edit: 273 Monrovia Liberia Temple: Announced 3 October 2021 Russell M. Nelson [106] [107 ...