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The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is the 113th dedicated temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is the third such temple that has been built in Illinois (the original Nauvoo and Chicago Illinois temples being the others).
2395160 [ 2] Website. www .beautifulnauvoo .com. Nauvoo ( / ˈnɔːvuː / NAW-voo; from the Hebrew: נָאווּ, Modern: Navu, Tiberian: Nâwû, 'they are beautiful') 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.
The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [ 2][ 3] The church's first temple was completed in Kirtland, Ohio, United States, in 1836. When the main body of the church was forced out of Nauvoo, Illinois, in the winter of 1846, the church attempted to sell the building, finally ...
The history of Nauvoo, Illinois, starts with the Sauk and Meskwaki tribes who frequented the area, on a bend of the Mississippi River in Hancock County, some 53 miles (85 km) north of today's Quincy. They called the area "Quashquema", in honor of the Native American chief who headed a Sauk and Fox settlement numbering nearly 500 lodges.
Nauvoo Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District containing the city of Nauvoo, Illinois. The historic district is nearly coterminous with the City of Nauvoo as it was incorporated in 1840, but it also includes the Pioneer Saints Cemetery ( 40.5369°N 91.3507°W ), the oldest Mormon cemetery in the area, which is outside the ...
On June 27, 2002, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was dedicated. The limestone used for the original temple was quarried from a site just west of the temple. The stone for the new temple was quarried in Russellville, Alabama , a site chosen specifically because the stone best matched the original.
Missions. 1. Temples. 2. Family History Centers. 42 [2] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Illinois. The official church membership as a percentage of general population was 0.44% in 2014. [3] According to the 2014 Pew Forum on ...
William Weeks. William Weeks (March 11, 1813 – March 8, 1900), was the first church architect of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, [1] and is best known as the architect of the Nauvoo Temple . Weeks was the son of James Weeks, Jr., and Sophronia Fisher and was born on March 11, 1813, on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.